2-Methylheptanoic acid

C8H16O2CAS 1188-02-9144.21 g/mol

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OOH
Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H16O2
Molar mass
144.21 g/mol
Exact mass
144.1150 Da
Density
0.9122 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Boiling point
121–122 °C (at 13 Torr)
logP
2.29Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
5

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 1,450 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P264, P264+P265, P280, P302+P352, P305+P351+P338, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364

Identifiers

CAS number
1188-02-9
SMILES
CCCCCC(C)C(=O)O
InChIKey
NKBWMBRPILTCRD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H16O2/c1-3-4-5-6-7(2)8(9)10/h7H,3-6H2,1-2H3,(H,9,10)

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Names and synonyms

3 names
  • Heptanoic acid, 2-methyl-
  • α-Methylheptanoic acid
  • (±)-2-Methylheptanoic acid

Work with 2-Methylheptanoic acid

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Similar compounds

2-Methylhexanoic acid4536-23-688 % similar 2-Methylvaleric acid97-61-074 % similar 2-Hexyldecanoic acid25354-97-663 % similar 2-Hexadecylpropanedioic acid4371-64-663 % similar 2-Hydroxyhexadecanoic acid10067-06-859 % similar 2-Aminoheptanoic acid1115-90-859 % similar 2-Fluoroheptanoic acid1578-58-159 % similar 2-Hydroxytetradecanoic acid2507-55-359 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

2-Ethylbutyl acetate10031-87-5 Cyclohexanedimethanol105-08-8 Isoamyl propionate105-68-0 1,1-Diethoxy-2-butene10602-34-3 Methyl heptanoate106-73-0 4-Methyl-2-pentyl acetate108-84-9 Butyl butyrate109-21-7 Ethyl hexanoate123-66-0

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