Butanol

Butanol is a higher alcohol with a 4 carbon atoms and a general formula of C₄H₁₀O. There are 4 different isomeric structures for butanol:

File:1-Butanol skeletal.svg	File:Butan-2-ol-2D-skeletal.png	File:Isobutanol-2D-skeletal.png	File:Tert-butanol-2D-skeletal.png
n-butanol	sec-butanol	isobutanol	tert-butanol

These butanol isomers, due to their different structures, have somewhat different melting and boiling points. All are moderately miscible in water and used as a base for perfumes. For the purposes of distillation, butanol is considered to be a fusel oil. Like most alcohols, they are poisonous.