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3-octanone

106-68-3C8H16O128.215 g/mol

A dialkyl ketone that is octane in which the two methylene protons at position 3 have been replaced by an oxo group. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

22A4036 · FY2010

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number106-68-3ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC8H16OChEBI ↗
Molar mass128.215 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass128.12012 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:80946ChEBI ↗

Names & structural identifiers

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3-octanone
octan-3-one
RHLVCLIPMVJYKS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CCCCCC(=O)CC
InChI=1S/C8H16O/c1-3-5-6-7-8(9)4-2/h3-7H2,1-2H3

Names & synonyms

octan-3-one

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Classification & relationships

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Roles recorded in ChEBI

antifeedantinsect attractanttoxinbiomarkerplant metabolitefungal metabolitehuman urinary metabolite

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2010 source classification
Octan-3-one; Ethyl amyl ketone · 22A4036
EndpointReported classification
Flammable liquidsCategory 3
Skin corrosion/irritationCategory 2

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.0077994 mol

Uses 128.215 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 8 atoms
74.94%
H
Hydrogen · 16 atoms
12.58%
O
Oxygen · 1 atom
12.48%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Identification, role and systematic significance of 3-octanone in the carpenter ant, Camponotus schaefferi WHR. ↗Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B, Comparative biochemistry · 1975 Jul 15 · PMID 1139896
[Colorimetric determination of 3-octanone using 3, 5-dinitrobenzoic acid]. ↗Pharmaceutisch weekblad · 1959 Mar 7 · PMID 13633437

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:80946

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

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