Structured Summary
Abstract
A colorless, slightly viscous liquid used as a defoaming or wetting agent. It is also used as a solvent for protective coatings, waxes, and oils, and as a raw material for plasticizers. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- C8H18O
- Molecular Weight
- 130.23 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 111-87-5
- IUPAC Name
- octan-1-ol
- InChIKey
- KBPLFHHGFOOTCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- CCCCCCCCO
- MeSH Unique ID
- D020003
- Source
- PubChem CID 957
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Classification
Broader headings
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Drug Class
Pharmacological Action
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Synonyms
6 entry terms
- n-Octanol
- n-Octyl Alcohol
- 1 Octanol
- Alcohol, n-Octyl
- n Octanol
- n Octyl Alcohol
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Aspects Covered
24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
OCTANOLS is also available
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History Note
98; use 1-OCTANOL (NM) 1981-97
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Previous Indexing
- Octanols (1981-1997)
MeSH Hierarchy
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AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. 1-Octanol. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020003. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020003
- 1-Octanol. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Octanol
- 1-Octanol. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161666
- 1-Octanol. In: PubChem Compound. CID 957. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/957