methyl butyrate

Methyl butyrate is present in small amounts in several plant products, especially pineapple oil.

Therefore, methyl butyrate is not a suitable surrogate fuel for biodiesel combustion studies.

Biodiesel surrogate components include methyl butyrate and methyl decanoate.

Low-molecular-weight esters of butyric acid, such as methyl butyrate, have mostly pleasant aromas or tastes.

Methyl butyrate, also known under the systematic name methyl butanoate, is the methyl ester of butyric acid.

Methyl butyrate has been used in combustion studies as a surrogate fuel for the larger fatty acid methyl esters found in biodiesel.

The administration of phenobarbital also resulted in a rise in the liver ali-esterase activity as evidenced by an increased ability of liver homogenates to hydrolyze methyl butyrate.

However, studies have shown that, due to its short-chain length, methyl butyrate does not reproduce well the negative temperature coefficient (NTC) behaviour and early CO formation characteristics of real biodiesel fuels.