Butyl glycol  is a clear, colorless, oily liquid with high boiling point, low volatility and  mild fruity odour and has the formula C₆H₁₄O₂.  Butylglycol is miscible with water and common organic solvents. Butyl glycol is produced by reacting ethylene oxide and normal butanol (n-butanol) using a catalyst.

Uses:

-Butyl glycol is most commonly used as a solvent in printing inks and textile dyes and as a component of hydraulic fluids.

-Butyl glycol is also favoured in many products due to its mild odor. It acts as a solvent and coupling agent in many waxes, resins, oils and textile dyes, and is regularly used in many industrial, commercial and household cleaning products, where it offers good cleaning power as well as the odour typically associated with such products.

-It is an important starting material for a variety of syntheses ,being one of the raw materials for the production of butyl glycol acetate and for the production of plasticizes by reaction with phthalic anhydride.

-It is also formulated into insecticides, herbicides, agricultural pesticides and cosmetic products, and is a component in hydraulic fluids and cutting and drilling oils.