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55999

8-Hydroxyoctanoic acid

98% (T)

Synonym(s):

8-Hydroxycaprylic acid

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H16O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
160.21
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1237092
Assay:
98% (T)
Form:
solid
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assay

98% (T)

form

solid

mp

59-63 °C

functional group

carboxylic acid, hydroxyl

SMILES string

OCCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H16O3/c9-7-5-3-1-2-4-6-8(10)11/h9H,1-7H2,(H,10,11)

InChI key

KDMSVYIHKLZKET-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

8-Hydroxyoctanoic acid is one of the constituents of ‘‘Royal jelly′′ acid found in herbhoneys and genuine honeys.


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Corrosion

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Danger

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type P3 (EN 143) respirator cartridges



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Biosynthesis, modification, and biodegradation of bacterial medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates.
Kim DY, et al.
Journal of Microbiology, 87-97 (2007)
Bora Kim et al.
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 103(5), 879-887 (2017-09-07)
Quantitative models of endogenous metabolites are useful in predicting CYP3A-mediated drug-drug interactions. This study aimed to identify novel predictive markers for the magnitude of CYP3A induction and inhibition in male and female subjects using an untargeted metabolomics approach. Here we
Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of Polish herbhoneys.
Isidorov VA, et al.
Food Chemistry, 171, 84-88 (2015)



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
M2389-25MG04061833049662
55999-100MG04061831821505