Octanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
124-07-2
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CAS Name
Octanoic acidMolecular Formula
C8H16O2Molecular Mass
144.21Cite this Page
Octanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?ref=124-07-2 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 124-07-2). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
239.7 °CMelting Point (1)
16.7 °CDensity (1)
0.910 g/cm³ @ Temp: 20 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8(9)10/h2-7H2,1H3,(H,9,10)
InChIKey
InChIKey=WWZKQHOCKIZLMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CCCCC)CC(O)=O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CCCCCCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Octanoic acid
- Caprylic acid
- n-Caprylic acid
- Neo-Fat 8
- 1-Heptanecarboxylic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
2171005-29-9
