Sodium Butyl Paraben

Sodium Butylparaben is a water-soluble antiseptic mainly used as a safe, high efficiency, broad-spectrum antibiotic for cosmetics. Sodium Butylparaben is in the paraben family of preservatives used by the food, pharmaceutical, and personal care product industries.

Specifications of Sodium Butyl Paraben:

Sodium Butylparaben BP Grade
C11H13NaO3 --- 216.2 --- CAS 36457-20-2
Action and use: Antimicrobial preservative.

DEFINITION
Sodium Butyl Hydroxybenzoate is the sodium salt of butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate. It contains not less than 99.0% and not more than 102.0% of C11H13NaO3, calculated with reference to the anhydrous substance.

Characteristics: A white powder; odourless or almost odourless; hygroscopic.freely soluble in water and in ethanol (96%),
Identification:
A. Dissolve 0.5 g in 5 ml of water and acidify to litmus paper with hydrochloric acid. A white precipitate is produced. Wash the precipitate with water and Dry. The infrared absorption spectrum of the precipitate, concordant with the reference spectrum of butyl hydroxy benzoate.
B. The residue on ignition yields the reactions characteristic of sodium salts.
Alkalinity: pH of a 0.1 % w/v solution, 9.5 to 10.5.
Clarity of solution: Dissolve 1 gm in 10 ml of water. The solution is clear.
Chloride: Not more than 330 ppm.
Sulphate: Not more than 0.12 %.
Related substances: Thin layer chromatography. To pass the test.
Any secondary spot in the chromatogram obtained with solution (1) is not more intense than the spot in the chromatogram obtained with solution (2) (4 %)
Water: Not more than 5.0 % w/w.

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