Potassium octanoate

C8H15KO2CAS 764-71-6182.30 g/mol

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Carboxylic acid

Properties

Molecular formula
C8H15KO2
Molar mass
182.30 g/mol
Exact mass
182.0709 Da
logP
2.05Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 1
Rotatable bonds
6

Hazards

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Identifiers

CAS number
764-71-6
SMILES
CCCCCCCC([O-])=O.[K+]
InChI

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Names and synonyms

17 names · show all
  • Octanoic acid, potassium salt (1:1)
  • Octanoic acid, potassium salt
  • Potassium caprylate
  • Potassium octoate
  • Potassium n-octanoate
  • EC 686
  • Caprylic acid potassium salt
  • K 977
  • Potassium octylate
  • Minico K 45
  • K 13
  • K 65
  • K 65 (Salt)
  • Pelron 9540A
  • Kosmos 75DEG
  • Kosmos 75MEG
  • K-Zero G

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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.

Caprylic acid124-07-2Free acid Zinc octanoate557-09-5Salt Sodium octanoate1984-06-1Salt

Similar compounds

Potassium laurate10124-65-9100 % similar Potassium palmitate2624-31-9100 % similar Potassium stearate593-29-3100 % similar Potassium oleate143-18-080 % similar Sodium caprate1002-62-678 % similar Manganese stearate1002-88-678 % similar Lead stearate1072-35-178 % similar Calcium stearate1592-23-078 % similar

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

All similar compounds

Same formula

Potassium 2-ethylhexanoate3164-85-0

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