2-Ethylhexanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
149-57-5
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CAS Name
2-Ethylhexanoic acidMolecular Formula
C8H16O2Molecular Mass
144.21Cite this Page
2-Ethylhexanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=149-57-5 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 149-57-5). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Boiling Point (1)
228 °CMelting Point (2)
-59 °CDensity (1)
0.9031 g/cm³ @ Temp: 25 °C
Source(s)
- (1) Hazardous Substances Data Bank data were obtained from the National Library of Medicine (US)
- (2) International Chemical Safety Cards data were obtained from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-3-5-6-7(4-2)8(9)10/h7H,3-6H2,1-2H3,(H,9,10)
InChIKey
InChIKey=OBETXYAYXDNJHR-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CCCC)(C(O)=O)CC
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(CC)CCCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-
- Caproic acid, α-ethyl-
- 2-Ethylhexanoic acid
- Butylethylacetic acid
- α-Ethylcaproic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
83829-68-9, 202054-39-5
