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Sodium butyrate

156-54-7C4H7O2.Na110.088 g/mol
Salt and Compound WithChEBI source record

An organic sodium salt resulting from the replacement of the proton from the carboxy group of butyric acid by a sodium ion. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number156-54-7ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC4H7O2.NaChEBI ↗
Molar mass110.088 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass110.03437 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:64103ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass110.09 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass110.03437374 DaPubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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sodium butyrate
sodium butanoate
MFBOGIVSZKQAPD-UHFFFAOYSA-M
CCCC(=O)[O-].[Na+]
InChI=1S/C4H8O2.Na/c1-2-3-4(5)6;/h2-3H2,1H3,(H,5,6);/q;+1/p-1

Names & synonyms

sodium butanoate

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Classification & relationships

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geroprotectorantihypertensive agentantirheumatic drugEC 3.5.1.98 (histone deacetylase) inhibitor

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00908364 mol

Uses 110.088 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 4 atoms
43.64%
O
Oxygen · 2 atoms
29.07%
Na
Sodium · 1 atom
20.88%
H
Hydrogen · 7 atoms
6.41%

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Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:64103

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 5222465 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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