buciclic acid

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| IUPACName = trans-4-butylcyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid

| OtherNames = Bucyclic acid, buciclate, bucyclate

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| CASNo = 38289-28-0

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| UNII = C8XG78Y2T5

| PubChem = 2060518

| ChemSpiderID = 1553064

| StdInChI = 1S/C11H20O2/c1-2-3-4-9-5-7-10(8-6-9)11(12)13/h9-10H,2-8H2,1H3,(H,12,13)

| StdInChIKey = BALGERHMIXFENA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

| SMILES = CCCCC1CCC(CC1)C(=O)O

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| C=11 | H=20 | O=2

| MolarMass = 184.279 g/mol

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Buciclic acid, or bucyclic acid, systematic name trans-4-butylcyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid, is a simple alkyl-substituted cyclohexanecarboxylic acid.{{Cite web|url=http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s20132en/s20132en.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123053859/http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s20132en/s20132en.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 23, 2016|title = Essential Medicines and Health Products Information Portal}} The salts and esters of buciclic acid are known as buciclates (bucyclates). Pharmaceutical examples of esters of this acid include testosterone buciclate, a long-acting prodrug of the androgen testosterone,{{cite book|author=Shalender Bhasin|title=Pharmacology, Biology, and Clinical Applications of Androgens: Current Status and Future Prospects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hurRyWje4DMC&pg=PA472|date=13 February 1996|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-471-13320-9|pages=472–}} and dimethandrolone buciclate, a prodrug of dimethandrolone.