Butylparaben

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Butylparaben
butyl paraben
Common name butylparaben
Systematic name butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
Other names butyl paraben;
butyl parahydroxybenzoate;
butyl p-hydroxybenzoate
Chemical formula C11H14O3
This article is about this particular compound. For the class of hydroxybenzoate esters, including discussion on possible health effects, see parabens.

Butylparaben, also butyl paraben, one of the parabens, has formula C4H9(C6H4(OH)COO). It is the butyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid.

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