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Nonan-2-ol

628-99-9C9H20O144.258 g/mol

A secondary alcohol that is nonane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 2. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number628-99-9ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC9H20OChEBI ↗
Molar mass144.258 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass144.15142 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:78304ChEBI ↗

Names & structural identifiers

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nonan-2-ol
nonan-2-ol
NGDNVOAEIVQRFH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CCCCCCCC(C)O
InChI=1S/C9H20O/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8-9(2)10/h9-10H,3-8H2,1-2H3

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology

Roles recorded in ChEBI

pheromonevolatile oil componentflavouring agentplant metabolitebacterial metaboliterat metabolite

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

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Equivalent amount
0.00693202 mol

Uses 144.258 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 · 9 atoms
74.93%
H
Hydrogen · 20 atoms
13.97%
O
Oxygen · 1 atom
11.09%

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Research & patent references

Selected source associations
Flavor production from a non-stick oil by moulds. ↗Shokuhin eiseigaku zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan · 2001 Feb · PMID 11383159
Enantioselective analysis of secondary alcohols and their esters in purple and yellow passion fruits. ↗Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2007 Dec 12 · PMID 18004806

Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:78304

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

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