
Perfluorooctanoic acid
Perfluorooctanoic acid is a fluoroalkanoic acid that is perfluorinated octanoic acid. It has a role as an endocrine disruptor, a surfactant, a xenobiotic, a carcinogenic agent and an environmental contaminant. It is functionally related to an octanoic acid and a perfluorooctane. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- 2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,8-pentadecafluorooctanoic acid
- Molecular formula
- C8HF15O2
- Molecular weight
- 414.07 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 413.9737017 Da
- XLogP3
- 4.9
- Topological polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 17
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:35549
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL172988
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID8031865
- PubMed:23109596
- PubMed:23032776
- PubMed:22992575
- PubMed:22964400
- PubMed:22953896
- PubMed:22946434
- PubMed:22946157
- PubMed:22941726
- PubMed:22935244
- PubMed:22913426
- PubMed:22897837
- PubMed:22894115
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