Ammonium butyrate

Ammonium butyrate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula. This is an organic ammonium salt of butyric acid.

Synthesis

The compound can be prepared by reacting dry ammonia gas with butyric acid in ether:

Chemical properties

It can react with ammonia to form an ammine compound at low temperatures.
Heating ammonium butyrate with phosphorus pentoxide produces butyronitrile.

Uses

The compound is used as an emulsifying agent for leather, oils, soaps, and for textile finishing.
Also, it can be used as a mineralizer for growing calcite single crystals.