Skip to Content
Merck
CN

Key Documents

View All Documentation

PHR1202

Caprylic Acid (Octanoic Acid)

Pharmaceutical Secondary Standard; Certified Reference Material

Synonym(s):

Octanoic acid, Caprylic acid, OA, OcAc, Acid C8

Sign In to View Organizational & Contract Pricing.

Select a Size

Change View

About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)6COOH
CAS Number:
124-07-2
Molecular Weight:
144.21
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329823209
EC Number:
204-677-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1747180
MDL number:
MFCD00004429
Technical Service
Need help? Our team of experienced scientists is here for you.
Let Us Assist

Quality Level

300

grade

certified reference material, pharmaceutical secondary standard

agency

traceable to Ph. Eur. C0426000, traceable to USP 1091040

vapor density

5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 78 °C)

API family

caprylic acid

CofA

current certificate can be downloaded

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

refractive index

n20/D 1.428 (lit.)

bp

237 °C (lit.)

mp

15-17 °C (lit.)

density

0.91 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H16O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8(9)10/h2-7H2,1H3,(H,9,10)

InChI key

WWZKQHOCKIZLMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

Related Categories

General description

Pharmaceutical secondary standards for application in quality control, provide pharma laboratories and manufacturers with a convenient and cost-effective alternative to the preparation of in-house working standards.

Application

Caprylic Acid (Octanoic Acid) may be used as a pharmaceutical reference standard for the determination of the analyte in pharmaceutical formulations by various chromatography techniques.
These Secondary Standards are qualified as Certified Reference Materials. These are suitable for use in several analytical applications including but not limited to pharma release testing, pharma method development for qualitative and quantitative analyses, food and beverage quality control testing, and other calibration requirements.

Analysis Note

These secondary standards offer multi-traceability to the USP and EP (PhEur) primary standards, where they are available.

Other Notes

Find a digital Reference Material for this product available on our online platform ChemisTwin® for NMR. You can use this digital equivalent on ChemisTwin® for your sample identity confirmation and compound quantification (with digital external standard). An NMR spectrum of this substance can be viewed and an online comparison against your sample can be performed with a few mouseclicks. Learn more here and start your free trial.
This Certified Reference Material (CRM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO 17034 and ISO/IEC 17025. All information regarding the use of this CRM can be found on the certificate of analysis.
To see an example of a Certificate of Analysis for this material enter LRAC3467 in the slot below. This is an example certificate only and may not be the lot that you receive.

pictograms

Corrosion
GHS05

signalword

Danger

hcodes

H314,H412

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1C

Storage Class

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

>230.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

> 110 °C - closed cup

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Search for Certificates of Analysis (COA) by entering the products Lot/Batch Number. Lot and Batch Numbers can be found on a product’s label following the words ‘Lot’ or ‘Batch’.

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Phospholipid hydrolysis in a pharmaceutical emulsion assessed by physicochemical parameters and a new analytical method.
Rabinovich-Guilatt L, et al.
European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 61(1-2), 69-76 (2005)
Development of a liquid chromatographic method for ear drops containing neomycin sulphate, polymyxin B sulphate and dexamethasone sodium phosphate.
Pendela M, et al.
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 36(4), 751-757 (2004)
Characterisation and quantification of medium chain and long chain triglycerides and their in vitro digestion products, by HPTLC coupled with in situ densitometric analysis
Sek L, et al.
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 25(3-4), 651-661 (2001)
Profiling of medium chain glycerides used in pharmaceutical formulation development by reversed-phase HPLC
Fliszar KA, et al.
Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, 40(4), 896-900 (2006)
Joshua A Jackman et al.
Journal of animal science and biotechnology, 11(1), 114-114 (2020-12-10)
The ongoing African swine fever virus (ASFv) epidemic has had a major impact on pig production globally and biosecurity efforts to curb ASFv infectivity and transmission are a high priority. It has been recently identified that feed and feed ingredients
View All Related Papers

Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
PHR1202-1G04061837883989

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service