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H2805

1-Heptanol

98%

Synonym(s):

Heptyl alcohol

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)6OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
116.20
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
203-897-9
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1731686
MDL number:
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Product Name

1-Heptanol, 98%

assay

98%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

662 °F

InChI

1S/C7H16O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8/h8H,2-7H2,1H3

InChI key

BBMCTIGTTCKYKF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES string

CCCCCCCO

vapor pressure

0.5 mmHg ( 20 °C)

refractive index

n20/D 1.424 (lit.)

bp

176 °C (lit.)

mp

−36 °C (lit.)

density

0.822 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

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Application

1-Heptanol can be used:
  • As a co-solvent in binary and ternary systems to estimate the liquid-liquid interaction parameters.
  • In the synthesis of heptyl oleate ester from oleic acid.
  • As a reducing agent in the synthesis of copper nanoparticles via hydroxyl ion-assisted alcohol reduction of copper salts in the presence of oleylamine.

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Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

168.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

76 °C - closed cup

ppe

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


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Density and viscosity of binary mixtures of {1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium thiocyanate+ 1-heptanol, 1-octanol, 1-nonanol, or 1-decanol}
Domanska U and Krolikowska M
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 55(9), 2994-3004 (2010)
Screening and catalytic activity in organic synthesis of novel fungal and yeast lipases
Cardenas F, et al.
Journal of Molecular Catalysis. B, Enzymatic, 14(4-6), 111-123 (2001)
Copper nanoparticles synthesized by hydroxyl ion assisted alcohol reduction for conducting ink
Huaman JLC, et al.
Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21(20), 7062-7069 (2011)
Liquid- liquid equilibria of the ternary system water+ acetic acid+ 1-heptanol
Aljimaz AS, et al.
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 45(2), 301-303 (2000)
Anupama Natarajan et al.
Biomaterials, 32(18), 4267-4274 (2011-04-02)
Cardiac side effects are one of the major causes of drug candidate failures in preclinical drug development or in clinical trials and are responsible for the retraction of several already marketed therapeutics. Thus, the development of a relatively high-throughput, high

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