2-Hydroxyoctanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
617-73-2
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CAS Name
2-Hydroxyoctanoic acidMolecular Formula
C8H16O3Molecular Mass
160.21Cite this Page
2-Hydroxyoctanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=617-73-2 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 617-73-2). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
70 °C
Source(s)
- (1) PhysProp data were obtained from Syracuse Research Corporation of Syracuse, New York (US)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H16O3/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7(9)8(10)11/h7,9H,2-6H2,1H3,(H,10,11)
InChIKey
InChIKey=JKRDADVRIYVCCY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(CCCCCC)(C(O)=O)O
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)C(O)CCCCCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Octanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-
- 2-Hydroxyoctanoic acid
- α-Hydroxycaprylic acid
- α-Hydroxyoctanoic acid
- 2-Hydroxycaprylic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
6482-96-8
