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2-Heptanol

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Methyl pentyl carbinol

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)4CH(OH)CH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
116.20
EC Number:
208-844-3
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
NACRES:
NA.24
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1719088
MDL number:
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

assay

≥98.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

refractive index

n20/D 1.419-1.421, n20/D 1.420 (lit.)

bp

160-162 °C (lit.)

density

0.817 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

environmental

format

neat

SMILES string

CCCCCC(C)O

InChI

1S/C7H16O/c1-3-4-5-6-7(2)8/h7-8H,3-6H2,1-2H3

InChI key

CETWDUZRCINIHU-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

2-Heptanol is a saturated, chiral, aliphatic straight chain alcohol that belongs to the class of 2-alkanols. It is present as an odor component in cheese, fruits, food and beverages.

Application

2-Heptanol may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in volatile compound mixtures, fruit samples and aqueous samples by various chromatography techniques.


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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

138.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

59 °C - closed cup

Regulatory Information

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Hedwig Strohalm et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 55(25), 10339-10344 (2007-11-17)
The enantiomeric compositions of the acetates, butanoates, hexanoates, and octanoates of the secondary alcohols 2-pentanol, 2-heptanol, and 2-nonanol were determined in yellow (Passiflora edulis f. flavicarpa) and purple (Passiflora edulis Sims) passion fruits. The compounds were isolated by means of
Sniffer to determine the odor of gas chromatographic effluents
Acree TE, et al.
Analytical Chemistry, 48(12), 1821-1822 (1976)
Densities, viscosities, and refractive indices of binary mixtures of acetophenone and 2-alkanols
Almasi M and Iloukhani H
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 55(3), 1416-1420 (2010)



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
55587-1ML04061832582627