(±)-2-Aminooctanoic acid

C8H17NO2CAS 644-90-6159.23 g/mol

NH2OOH
Carboxylic acidPrimary amine

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H17NO2
Molar mass
159.23 g/mol
Exact mass
159.1259 Da
Melting point
270 °C
logP
1.37Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
63.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
2 / 2
Rotatable bonds
6

Hazards

Warning
Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 38 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P261, P272, P280, P302+P352, P321, P333+P317, P362+P364, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
644-90-6
SMILES
CCCCCCC(N)C(=O)O
InChIKey
AKVBCGQVQXPRLD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C8H17NO2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7(9)8(10)11/h7H,2-6,9H2,1H3,(H,10,11)

Weigh it out

Type any one amount. The others follow from the molar mass.

Names and synonyms

16 names · show all
  • Octanoic acid, 2-amino-
  • Octanoic acid, 2-amino-, DL-
  • Octanoic acid, 2-amino-, (±)-
  • 2-Aminooctanoic acid
  • 2-Amino-DL-caprylic acid
  • DL-α-Aminocaprylic acid
  • DL-α-Aminooctanoic acid
  • DL-2-Aminooctanoic acid
  • α-Aminocaprylic acid
  • α-Aminooctanoic acid
  • (±)-2-Aminocaprylic acid
  • NSC 123023
  • NSC 20147
  • DL-2-Aminocaprylic acid
  • (±)-α-Aminocaprylic acid
  • 2-Azaniumyloctanoate

Work with (±)-2-Aminooctanoic acid

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue. All similar compounds

Same formula

Elsewhere