能与多数漆用溶剂、稀释剂及油类混溶，微溶于水，气味温和。 该品为高沸点溶剂，用于天然树脂、合成树脂、香料、油漆、印刷油墨、干洗液、粘结剂。 Butyl lactate has been used: · in the preparation of solid lipid nanoparticles by a solvent emulsification-diffusion technique · in the synthesis of nanoparticles of griseofulvin from water dilutable microemulsions by the solvent diffusion technique · as cosurfactant on the preparation of microemulsions with anionic surfactant