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05-1420

Octanoic acid

≥96.0%

Synonym(s):

Acid C8, Caprylic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)6COOH
CAS Number:
124-07-2
Molecular Weight:
144.21
PubChem Substance ID:
329747641
UNSPSC Code:
12352106
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1747180
MDL number:
MFCD00004429

Product Name

Octanoic acid, ≥96.0%

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

vapor density

5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 78 °C)

assay

≥96.0%

availability

available only in Japan

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.)

functional group

carboxylic acid

storage temp.

room temp

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Application

amino acid analysis

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

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Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology, 164(1), 241-248 (2012-09-27)
To assess the hypothesis that an acute dietary fatty acid (FA) supply may improve glucose tolerance in rainbow trout, we orally administered fish with fish oil (FO; 10mL.kg(-1), one time), which were then subjected to a glucose tolerance test and
Romain Harmancey et al.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 27(10), 3966-3978 (2013-07-05)
Diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction are more likely to die than nondiabetic patients. In the present study we examined the effect of insulin resistance on myocardial ischemia tolerance. Hearts of rats, rendered insulin resistant by high-sucrose feeding, were subjected
K M Morrill et al.
Journal of dairy science, 95(7), 3987-3996 (2012-06-23)
Our objectives were to evaluate the use of refractometry as a means of estimating immunoglobulin G (IgG) concentration of bovine maternal colostrum (MC) and determine if fractionation of MC using caprylic acid (CA) improved estimates of IgG. Samples (n=85) of
Hong-Fei Tong et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1285, 88-96 (2013-03-12)
Hydrophobic charge-induction chromatography (HCIC) is a novel downstream bioprocessing technology for antibody purification and it has several advantages over traditional purification processes. However, its separation selectivity still needs to be improved. In this work, sodium caprylate (NaCA) was used as
Xuan Jiang et al.
Biomacromolecules, 13(9), 2926-2932 (2012-08-09)
When grown in a nonanoic acid-limited chemostat at a dilution rate of 0.25 h(-1), Pseudomonas putida KT2440 produced poly(3-hydroxynonanoate-co-3-hydroxyheptanoate) containing 68 mol % 3-hydroxynonanoate (C9) and 32 mol % 3-hydroxyheptanoate (C7). Under the same conditions, but in the presence of
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