(±)-2-Hexanol

CAS Registry Number®

626-93-7

CAS Name

(±)-2-Hexanol

Molecular Formula

C6H14O

Molecular Mass

102.17

Cite this Page

(±)-2-Hexanol.   CAS Common Chemistry.   CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d.   http://commonchemistry.cas.org/detail?ref=626-93-7 (retrieved 2024-10-06) (CAS RN: 626-93-7).  Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    136 °C
  • Melting Point (2)

    71-72 °C
  • Density (1)

    0.8 g/cm³

Source(s)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C6H14O/c1-3-4-5-6(2)7/h6-7H,3-5H2,1-2H3

InChIKey

InChIKey=QNVRIHYSUZMSGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(C(C)O)CCC

Canonical SMILES

OC(C)CCCC

Other Names for this Substance

  • 2-Hexanol
  • 2-Hydroxyhexane
  • (±)-2-Hexanol
  • DL-Hexan-2-ol
  • (±)-1-Methyl-1-pentanol

Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

20281-86-1

CAS INSIGHTSTM
© Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Hugh Fox