(±)-1,2,4-Butanetriol

Application
1,2,4-Butanetriol may be used as an internal standard for the determination of glycerol,[1][2] and mono-, di-, and triglycerides[1] in vegetable oil methyl esters by capillary gas chromatography and gas chromatography coupled with flame ionization detector (GC-FID).
General description
1,2,4-Butanetriol (BT) is an important precursor utilized for the synthesis of the energetic material butanetriol trinitrate and several other chemicals. BT is also useful in the manufacture of plasticizers, polymers, cationic lipids, and pharmaceutical compounds.[3][4] Other Notes
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