2-Ethylhexanal

C8H16OCAS 123-05-7128.21 g/mol

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O
Aldehyde

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H16O
Molar mass
128.21 g/mol
Exact mass
128.1201 Da
Density
0.854 g/mL (at 20 °C)
Melting point
below −100 °C
Boiling point
163 °C
Flash point
44.4 °C (closed cup)
Water solubility
700 mg/L (20 °C)
logP
2.40Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
17.1 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
0 / 1
Rotatable bonds
5

Hazards

Warning
Flammable (GHS02)Irritant (GHS07)Health Hazard (GHS08)

Aggregated from 1,785 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P203, P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P264, P264+P265, P272, P280, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P305+P351+P338, P318, P321, P332+P317, P333+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P370+P378, P403+P235, P405, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
123-05-7
SMILES
CCCCC(C=O)CC
InChIKey
LGYNIFWIKSEESD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H16O/c1-3-5-6-8(4-2)7-9/h7-8H,3-6H2,1-2H3

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Names and synonyms

12 names
  • Hexanal, 2-ethyl-
  • Caproaldehyde, α-ethyl-
  • Butylethylacetaldehyde
  • Ethylbutylacetaldehyde
  • α-Ethylcaproaldehyde
  • 2-Ethylhexaldehyde
  • 2-Ethylhexylaldehyde
  • 3-Formylheptane
  • α-Ethylhexanal
  • 2-Ethylcaproaldehyde
  • (±)-2-Ethylhexanal
  • NSC 42871

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Similar compounds

2-Ethylbutanal97-96-161 % similar Cyclobutanecarboxaldehyde2987-17-950 % similar Cyclopentanecarboxaldehyde872-53-750 % similar Cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde2043-61-048 % similar Cyclooctanecarbaldehyde6688-11-548 % similar 4-Ethyl-2-methyl-2-octenoic acid6975-97-946 % similar 2-Methylundecanal110-41-845 % similar Tris(2-ethylhexyl)amine1860-26-043 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

3-Octanone106-68-3 2-Octanone111-13-7 1-Cyclohexylethanol1193-81-3 Octanal124-13-0 2-Methyl-3-heptanone13019-20-0 2,2,5,5-Tetramethyltetrahydrofuran15045-43-9 (E)-2-Octen-1-ol18409-17-1 1-Ethylcyclohexanol1940-18-7

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