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Nonan-1-ol

143-08-8C9H20O144.258 g/mol

A nonanol that is nonane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 1. It has been isolated as a component of volatile oils from plants like Hordeum vulgare. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

1-319 · FY2008

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number143-08-8ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC9H20OChEBI ↗
Molar mass144.258 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass144.15142 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:35986ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass144.25 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass144.151415257 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP4.3PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)20.2PubChem ↗
H-bond donors1PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors1PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds7PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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nonan-1-ol
nonan-1-ol
ZWRUINPWMLAQRD-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CCCCCCCCCO
InChI=1S/C9H20O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10/h10H,2-9H2,1H3

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

volatile oil componentflavouring agentantifungal agentplant metabolite

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2008 source classification
Nonan-1-ol · 1-319
EndpointReported classification
Flammable liquidsCategory 4
Acute toxicity (Inhalation: Dusts and mists)Category 4
Serious eye damage/eye irritationCategory 2A
Specific target organ toxicity - Single exposureCategory 3 (Respiratory tract irritation)
Specific target organ toxicity - Repeated exposureCategory 2 (eye)
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Acute)Category 2

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00693202 mol

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Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
C
Carbon · 9 atoms
74.93%
H
Hydrogen · 20 atoms
13.97%
O
Oxygen · 1 atom
11.09%

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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:35986

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 8914 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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