Isoamyl Alcohol 99% in Safe Break Glass Winchester

What is Isoamyl Alcohol? It is a colourless liquid with the formula C₅H₁₂O. It is one of several isomers of amyl alcohol (pentanol). It is also known as isopentyl alcohol, isopentanol, or (in the IUPAC recommended nomenclature) 3-methyl-butan-1-ol. An obsolete name for it was isobutyl carbinol. Isoamyl alcohol is an ingredient in the production of banana oil, an ester found in nature and also produced as a flavouring in industry. It is a common fusel alcohol, produced as a major by-product of ethanol fermentation.

Consistent Quality: We provide only high-quality Isoamyl Alcohol 99% ensuring reliable and consistent performance for all applications.

Shipped from Manchester, UK Facility: Sourced and bottled using non-toxic, chemical-resistant containers, ensuring reliable quality for our customers.

Safe Break Glass Winchester Bottle: Our Glass Winchester bottles can store chemicals that may be sensitive to light due to filtering potentially harmful UV rays. The Safe Break bottles offer an additional layer of protection; if breakage occurs, the PE coating keeps all liquid and glass splinters contained.

Frequent Uses

Pharmaceuticals
Used in the synthesis of several common drugs.

Bacterial testing
Isoamyl alcohol is an ingredient of Kovac's reagent, used for the bacterial diagnostic indole test. This reagent is used in the confirmation of E. coli and many other pathogenic microorganisms.

Ester production
It is an ingredient in the production of banana oil, an ester found in nature and also produced as a flavouring in the food industry.

Antifoaming agent
Employed as an antifoaming agent in the chloroform isoamyl alcohol reagent.

Genetic research
Isoamyl alcohol is used in a phenol–chloroform extraction mixed with the chloroform to further inhibit RNase activity and prevent solubility of RNAs with long tracts of poly-adenine.