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2-Ethylhexanol

C8H18O, 130.231 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

verified recordOrganic — alcohol9 measured properties

Drawn from the SMILES. It shows how the atoms are connected — not a photograph of a molecule, and not its shape in space.

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₈H₁₈O
Molecular weight
130.231 g/mol
Exact mass
130.135765 g/mol
IUPAC name
2-ethylhexan-1-ol
SMILES
CCCCC(CC)CO
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H18O/c1-3-5-6-8(4-2)7-9/h8-9H,3-7H2,1-2H3
InChIKey
YIWUKEYIRIRTPP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Both are open without an account.

Measured properties

Values somebody obtained from a sample and published. Where two sources report the same property they are both shown, in the units each used — a disagreement between them is information, and averaging it away would be inventing a number neither one gave.

Boiling Point
363 to 365 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
184.34 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point
-105 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
-70 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density
0.834 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals
0.8344 at 20 °C/20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility
less than 1 mg/mL at 64 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
In water, 880 mg/L at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure
0.05 mmHg at 68 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
0.13 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
LogP
2.3-3.1measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Flash Point
178 °F (NTP, 1992)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
81 °Cmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
Viscosity
9.8 centapoise at 20 °Cmeasured · Riddick, J.A., W.B. Bunger, Sakano T.K. Techniques of Chemistry 4th ed., Volume II. Organic Solvents. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons., 1985., p. 239
12,0 mm²/s at 20 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Refractive Index
Index of refraction: 1.4300 at 20 °C/Dmeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013., p. 705
1.429-1.434measured · reference compound database

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure rather than from a sample. These are reproducible and they are not measurements: a calculated partition coefficient and a measured one can differ by a long way, and where both exist they are listed apart on purpose.

Molecular weight
130.23 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
130.135765193 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
3.1calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
20.2 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
52calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
1calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · reference compound database
logP
2.1951calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
20.23 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
5calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
40.3918 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
1calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.6045calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
9
Total atoms, hydrogen included
27
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
1
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Alcohol

    An –OH group on a saturated carbon.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves 2-Ethylhexanol yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is 2-ethylhexan-1-ol.

The sources also call it 2-Ethylhexan-1-ol, 2-ETHYL-1-HEXANOL, 2-Ethylhexyl alcohol, 1-Hexanol, 2-ethyl-, Ethylhexanol, 2-ETHYL HEXANOL, 2-Aethylhexanol, Alcohol, 2-ethylhexyl, FEMA No. 3151, DTXSID5020605, XZV7TAA77P.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to 2-Ethylhexanol has a page here yet.

Where these values came from

compound record.

What this page does not claim

The identifiers are what the source record holds, copied rather than recomputed. Measured values are reported as their source gave them, units and all; calculated values are marked as calculated and are not measurements. Where a field is absent the page says so, because a blank cell reads as a zero and a guessed value reads as a fact.

Nothing here is a hazard assessment, a purity statement or advice about handling a sample. A flash point quoted from a safety database is a number somebody published, not a judgement by us about whether this molecule is safe for what you intend.