
3-Octanol
Octan-3-ol is a secondary alcohol that is octane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 3. It has a role as a pheromone, a flavouring agent, a plant metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a secondary alcohol and an octanol. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- octan-3-ol
- Molecular formula
- C8H18O
- Molecular weight
- 130.23 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 130.135765193 Da
- XLogP3
- 2.8
- Topological polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:80945
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL487998
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID10862252
- PubMed:22649749
- PubMed:22587759
- PubMed:22396667
- PubMed:22163882
- PubMed:22075025
- PubMed:22011270
- PubMed:21991383
- PubMed:21949657
- PubMed:21931676
- PubMed:21912703
- PubMed:21876772
- PubMed:21834552
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