Butyric acid is a four-carbon short-chain fatty acid of considerable industrial importance, serving as a precursor for chemicals, biofuels, animal feed supplements and pharmaceuticals. Its ...

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Sodium butyrate—more properly sodium butanoate—is a salt of butyric (butanoic) acid. If it comes into contact with even a trace of moisture, it emits a faint odor of its foul-smelling conjugate acid.