Sec-butyl acetate is an environmentally friendly solvent with broad market development prospects.

Sec-butyl acetate, also known as sec-butyl acetate, refers to an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H12O2. It is one of the four isomers of butyl acetate. It appears as a colorless and transparent liquid, is flammable and has fruity properties. Tasteless, insoluble in water, miscible in most organic solvents such as ethanol and ether.

At present, the main production methods of sec-butyl acetate include alcohol esterification method and olefin-acetic acid addition method. The alcohol esterification method is a traditional production method of sec-butyl acetate. It refers to the method of using sec-butanol and acetic acid as raw materials to generate sec-butyl acetate under the action of an acidic catalyst; the olefin-acetic acid addition method refers to the isomerization of C4 olefins. The remaining olefins after removing isobutylene and glacial acetic acid are used as raw materials. Under the action of an acidic catalyst, sec-butyl acetate is generated through addition reaction, distillation, separation and other links. This method has the advantages of short process, low consumption, green and environmental protection, etc. Advantages, it is expected to become the mainstream production method of sec-butyl acetate in the future.

Sec-butyl acetate is a widely used environmentally friendly solvent that can be widely used in coatings, chemicals, medicines, inks, spices, cleaning, fine chemicals and other fields. Among them, coatings are the main application field of sec-butyl acetate. In this field, sec-butyl acetate is mainly used in coating production scenarios such as amino paint, nitrocellulose paint, acrylic paint, polyurethane paint, and nitrocellulose paint. The terminal application fields include aircraft. , cars, leather, etc. Currently, driven by the rapid development of the terminal market, the market demand for sec-butyl acetate in my country is constantly increasing.

At the same time, as the country’s dual-carbon goals continue to advance and environmental protection supervision continues to strengthen, solvents such as toluene, xylene, and ketones are gradually being replaced by oxygen-containing solvents such as acetates. As one of the important categories of acetate solvents, sec-butyl acetate’s market usage is increasing. The demand is expected to continue to grow in the future, and the industry development prospects are good.

In the context of the industry’s development prospects, the number of sec-butyl acetate production companies in my country continues to increase. The main companies include Hunan Zhongchuang, Hunan Ruiyuan, Shaanxi Yanchang, Shandong Linfeng, Jiujiang Qixin, Shanghai Jian’an, Shijiazhuang Dingying, Guangzhou Qiyuan, Nanjing Puzhao, etc. As local companies continue to release production capacity, my country’s sec-butyl acetate production capacity continues to rise. According to the“2023-2027 China Sec-Butyl Acetate Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report” released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that the domestic production capacity of sec-butyl acetate has reached 520,000 tons in 2022.

Industry analysts said that sec-butyl acetate is an important chemical solvent that has been used in coatings, inks, spices, chemicals, and medicine. It has been widely used in other fields. As the application fields continue to develop, its market demand continues to increase. At the same time, as a type of environmentally friendly solvent, sec-butyl acetate has a positive industry development trend amid the continuous strengthening of domestic environmental protection supervision. At present, my country has a large number of sec-butyl acetate production companies and has become one of the major producing countries in the world. However, the industry concentration is low and there is still huge room for development in the industry in the future.