| capryl alcohol; caprylic alcohol; heptyl carbinol; n-octanol; octanol; 1-octanol; octan-1-ol; octoic alcohol; n-octyl alcohol; octyl alcohol; octylic alcohol | |
| Links: | 📏 NIST, ⚗️ ChemSynthesis, 📖 PubMed |
| MeSH: | Solvents |
| CAS RN: | [111-87-5] |
| Formula: | C8H18O; 130.23 g/mol |
| InChiKey: | KBPLFHHGFOOTCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES: | OCCCCCCCC |
| Use: | eau de Cologne type of perfumes; organic syntheses; synthetic apricot, peach, and quince flavors |
| Retetion Index: | 995 (HP5MS); 1 075 (HP5MS) |
| Density: | 0.827 g/mL |
| Molar volume: | 157.4 mL/mol |
| Refractive index: | 1.427 |
| Molecular refractive power: | 40.42 mL/mol |
| Dielectric constant: | 10.30 |
| Dipole moment: | 1.68 D |
| Melting point: | -16 °C |
| Boiling point: | 194 °C |
| Vapour pressure: | 0 Torr |
| Antoine equation P(Torr) vs T(°C) | |
| Surface tension: | 27.50 dyn/cm |
| Viscosity: | 7.50 cP |
| Critical temperature: | 386 °C |
| Critical pressure: | 26.5 atm |
| Critical volume: | 490.00 ml/mol |
| Solubility in water: | 1 % w/w |
| Log10 partition octanol / water: | 3.15 |
| Snyder P': | 3.4 |
| Snyder X: | Xe: 0.6 Xd: 0.2 Xn: 0.3 |
| Solvent strength (ε0, alumina): | 0.50 |
| Dimroth ET: | 48.3 |
| Hildebrant solubility parameter (δ): | 10.4 |
| Immiscible with: 1,2,3-propanetriol | |
| Miscible with: 1,2-diethoxyethane, 1,3-propanediol, 2,4-pentanedione, 2-(2-aminoethylamino)ethanol, 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol, 2-ethylhexanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 4-hydroxy-4-methylpentan-2-one, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, benzaldehyde, benzene, benzyl alcohol, butanol, butyl acetate, diethyl ether, ethanediol, ethanol, ethyl benzoate, furfuryl alcohol, pyridine, tetrachloromethane, tetraethylene glycol dibutyl ether | |
| 100g dissolves: 0.56g urea | |
| Specific heat capacity: | 65.0 cal/molK |