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Octan-3-ol

589-98-0C8H18O130.231 g/mol

A secondary alcohol that is octane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 3. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number589-98-0ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC8H18OChEBI ↗
Molar mass130.231 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass130.13577 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:80945ChEBI ↗

Names & structural identifiers

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octan-3-ol
octan-3-ol
NMRPBPVERJPACX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CCCCCC(O)CC
InChI=1S/C8H18O/c1-3-5-6-7-8(9)4-2/h8-9H,3-7H2,1-2H3

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

pheromoneflavouring agentplant metabolitehuman metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00767866 mol

Uses 130.231 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
73.78%
H
Hydrogen · 18 atoms
13.93%
O
Oxygen · 1 atom
12.29%

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Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Subchronic oral toxicity study on the three flavouring substances: octan-3-ol, 2-methylcrotonic acid and oct-3-yl 2-methylcrotonate in Wistar rats. ↗Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2003 May · PMID 12659717
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:80945

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

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