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caprylaldehyde
Sign in to saveAlso known as octanaldehyde, octylaldehyde, C-8 aldehyde, octanoic aldehyde, aldehyde C-8, n-octylal, n-octanal, n-octaldehyde
Octanal is the organic compound, an aldehyde, with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)6CHO. A colorless fragrant liquid with a fruit-like odor, it occurs naturally in citrus oils. It is used commercially as a component in perfumes and in flavor production for the food industry. It is usually produced by hydroformylation of heptene and the dehydrogenation of 1-octanol.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C8H16O
- Molecular weight
- 128.21 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- octanal
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCC=O
- InChIKey
- NUJGJRNETVAIRJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.7
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 128.12
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- flash point
- 52
- chemical formula
- C₈H₁₆O
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCCCC=O
- Commons category
- Octanal
- melting point
- -23
- boiling point
- 171
- solubility
- 560
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Octanal is the organic compound, an aldehyde, with the chemical formula CH3(CH2)6CHO. A colorless fragrant liquid with a fruit-like odor, it occurs naturally in citrus oils. It is used commercially as a component in perfumes and in flavor production for the food industry. It is usually produced by hydroformylation of heptene and the dehydrogenation of 1-octanol.
Octanal can also be referred to as caprylic aldehyde or C8 aldehyde.