Product
Octanol
Product Categories, Description and Properties

Segment
Chemicals
Main-Family
Functional Organic Products
Sub-Family
Alcohols
Description

Octanols are alcohols with the formula C8H17OH. 

There are many possible isomers of octanol:

  • A simple and important member is 1-octanol, with an unbranched chain of carbons.
  • Other commercially important octanols are 2-octanol and 2-ethylhexanol.

Some octanols occur naturally in the form of esters in some essential oils.

Source: Wikipedia, Octanol. (Accessed 29th Nov 224)

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Properties

Status
A
Unit of Measure
Metric Ton
Physical State

Liquid

System Info

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Structural formulas of some octanol isomers