Ethyl hexanoate

CAS Registry Number®

123-66-0

CAS Name

Ethyl hexanoate

Molecular Formula

C8H16O2

Molecular Mass

144.21

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Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    166 °C

  • Melting Point (2)

    -67 °C

  • Density (3)

    0.83146 g/cm³ @ Temp: 70.00 °C

Source(s)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-3-5-6-7-8(9)10-4-2/h3-7H2,1-2H3

InChIKey

InChIKey=SHZIWNPUGXLXDT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(C(OCC)=O)CCCC

Canonical SMILES

O=C(OCC)CCCCC

Other Names for this Substance

  • Hexanoic acid, ethyl ester
  • Ethyl caproate
  • Ethyl hexanoate
  • Caproic acid ethyl ester
  • Ethyl capronate

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Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

8068-81-3

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