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Oct-1-en-3-ol

3391-86-4C8H16O128.215 g/mol

An alkenyl alcohol with a structure based on a C8 unbranched chain with the hydroxy group at C-2 and unsaturation at C-1‒C-2. It is a major volatile compound present in many mushrooms and fungi. — ChEBI

Safety references

Safety documents & references

1 indexed references
JP · NITE

Government GHS classification

R05-C-064-JNIOSH, MOE · FY2023

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number3391-86-4ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC8H16OChEBI ↗
Molar mass128.215 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass128.12012 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:34118ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

PubChem
Molar mass128.21 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass128.120115130 DaPubChem ↗
Computed XLogP2.6PubChem ↗
Topological polar surface area (Ų)20.2PubChem ↗
H-bond donors1PubChem ↗
H-bond acceptors1PubChem ↗
Rotatable bonds5PubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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oct-1-en-3-ol
oct-1-en-3-ol
VSMOENVRRABVKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
C=CC(O)CCCCC
InChI=1S/C8H16O/c1-3-5-6-7-8(9)4-2/h4,8-9H,2-3,5-7H2,1H3

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

insect attractantvolatile oil componentantimicrobial agentfungal metabolite

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Safety classification · Japan

NITE / Japanese government
Japan · FY2023 source classification
1-Octen-3-ol · R05-C-064-JNIOSH, MOE
EndpointReported classification
Skin sensitizationCategory 1
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Acute)Category 2
Hazardous to the aquatic environment (Long-term)Category 3

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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
Volatile organic compounds from feces and their potential for diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease. ↗FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2007 Jun · PMID 17314143

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:34118

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

NCBI PubChem · CID 18827 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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