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E29109

2-Ethylhexanal

Name: 2-Ethylhexanal
Brand: ALDRICH

96%

Synonym(s):

2-Ethylcapronaldehyde

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Linear Formula:

CH₃(CH₂)₃CH(C₂H₅)CHO

CAS Number:

123-05-7

Molecular Weight:

128.21

UNSPSC Code:

12352100

NACRES:

NA.22

PubChem Substance ID:

24894488

EC Number:

204-596-5

Beilstein/REAXYS Number:

1700556

MDL number:

MFCD00006987

Assay:

96%

Form:

liquid

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Properties

Quality Level

100

assay

96%

form

liquid

impurities

<4% 2-ethylhexanoic acid

refractive index

n20/D 1.415 (lit.)

bp

55 °C/13.5 mmHg (lit.)

density

0.822 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

[H]C(=O)C(CC)CCCC

InChI

1S/C8H16O/c1-3-5-6-8(4-2)7-9/h7-8H,3-6H2,1-2H3

InChI key

LGYNIFWIKSEESD-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

General description

2-Ethylhexanal is an aliphatic aldehyde used as an intermediate to produce various useful products such as perfumes, disinfectants, paints, warning agents, insecticides, and leak detectors.

Application

2-Ethylhexanal can be used as:

A reductant in the Mukaiyama epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene.
A reactant in the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction to synthesize cis-α,β-unsaturated amides.
A starting material to synthesize 2-ethylhexanoic acid using manganese(II) acetate as a catalyst.

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pictograms

GHS02,GHS08,GHS07

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Warning

hcodes

H226,H317,H361

pcodes

P202 - P210 - P233 - P280 - P303 + P361 + P353 - P308 + P313

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 3 - Repr. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

111.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

44 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

Regulatory Information

危险化学品

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[Effect of 2-ethyl-2-ene-1-al and analogous compounds on the growth and ultrastructure of fungi].

G Casperson et al.

Journal of basic microbiology, 26(5), 259-269 (1986-01-01)

Analogs of the natural substance (E)-hex-2-en-1-al which occurs naturally in green plants and is known to have microbiocidal properties were synthesized and studied with respect to their antifungal properties. Saturated and unsaturated aldehydes, alcohols, carbon acids and enolacetate were tested

Factors affecting the selectivity of air oxidation of 2-ethyhexanal, an α-branched aliphatic aldehyde

Lehtinen C and Brunow G

Organic Process Research & Development, 4, 544-549 (2000)

The effect of feeding di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate and related compounds on lipids in the laying hen.

D L Wood et al.

Poultry science, 63(3), 469-477 (1984-03-01)

Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and three structurally related side-chain analogs were fed to laying hens to determine relationships of structure to effects on lipid metabolism. Hubbard broiler breeder hens were fed either a standard laying mash control diet or the control

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Global Trade Item Number

SKU	GTIN
E29109-5ML	04061833603048
E29109-250ML	04061833603031