3-Hydroxyoctanoic acid
CAS Registry Number®
14292-27-4
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CAS Name
3-Hydroxyoctanoic acidMolecular Formula
C8H16O3Molecular Mass
160.21Cite this Page
3-Hydroxyoctanoic acid. CAS Common Chemistry. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, n.d. http://commonchemistry.cas.org/ChemicalDetail.aspx?ref=88930-08-9 (retrieved ) (CAS RN: 14292-27-4). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).Compound Properties
Melting Point (1)
38-38.5 °C
Source(s)
Other Names and Identifiers
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H16O3/c1-2-3-4-5-7(9)6-8(10)11/h7,9H,2-6H2,1H3,(H,10,11)
InChIKey
InChIKey=NDPLAKGOSZHTPH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
C(C(CC(O)=O)O)CCCC
Canonical SMILES
O=C(O)CC(O)CCCCC
Other Names for this Substance
- Octanoic acid, 3-hydroxy-
- Caprylic acid, β-hydroxy-
- 3-Hydroxyoctanoic acid
- β-Hydroxyoctanoic acid
- 3-Hydroxycaprylic acid
Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers
88930-08-9
