Cyclohexanedimethanol

C8H16O2CAS 105-08-8144.21 g/mol

HOOH
Alcohol

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H16O2
Molar mass
144.21 g/mol
Exact mass
144.1150 Da
Density
1.0381 g/mL (at 25 °C)
Melting point
41–61 °C
Boiling point
274 °C
Flash point
165.6 °C
Water solubility
920 g/L (20 °C)
logP
0.78Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
40.5 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
2

Hazards

Danger
Corrosive (GHS05)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 467 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P264+P265, P280, P305+P351+P338, P305+P354+P338, P317, P337+P317

Identifiers

CAS number
105-08-8
SMILES
OCC1CCC(CO)CC1
InChIKey
YIMQCDZDWXUDCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c9-5-7-1-2-8(6-10)4-3-7/h7-10H,1-6H2

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Names and synonyms

15 names · show all
  • 1,4-Cyclohexanedimethanol
  • 1,4-Bis(hydroxymethyl)cyclohexane
  • 1,4-Dimethylolcyclohexane
  • 1,4-Cyclohexamethylenebis(methylol)
  • Rikabinol DM
  • Cyclohex-1,4-ylenedimethanol
  • Vibracure A 240
  • NSC 44508
  • CHDM
  • Sky CHDM
  • CHDM-D
  • 1,4-Cyclohexane dimethylol
  • 1,4-Cyclohexanedimethaneol
  • [4-(Hydroxymethyl)cyclohexyl]methanol
  • C 0479

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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