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Octanoic acid

≥99%

Synonym(s):

Acid C8, Caprylic acid

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)6COOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
144.21
Beilstein:
1747180
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.25

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biological source

Elaeis guineensis

Quality Level

vapor density

5 (vs air)

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 78 °C)

Assay

≥99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.428 (lit.)

bp

237 °C (lit.)

mp

15-17 °C (lit.)

density

0.91 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

carboxylic acid

lipid type

saturated FAs

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

CCCCCCCC(O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H16O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8(9)10/h2-7H2,1H3,(H,9,10)

InChI key

WWZKQHOCKIZLMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Octanoic acid is an eight carbon fatty acid, which is found in palm, coconut oil and milk. It is used to treat candidiasis and bacterial infections. Octanoic acid has antibacterial and antifungal properties. It is used in nutritional supplementation.[1]

Application

Octanoic acid has been used:
  • as a precipitating agent for the purification of antibodies[2][3](2)(4)
  • to accelerate β-oxidation for the formation of acetyl-coA akin[4]
  • to increase the rate of astrocyte ketogenesis[5]
  • in chemical 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) coupling of carboxylic acids to coenzyme A (CoA)[6]

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Corrosion

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Danger

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3 - Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Corr. 1C

Storage Class Code

8A - Combustible corrosive hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

>230.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

> 110 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Natural Standard Herb & Supplement Guide - E-Book: An Evidence-Based (2016)
Medium-chain fatty acids inhibit mitochondrial metabolism in astrocytes promoting astrocyte-neuron lactate and ketone body shuttle systems
Thevenet J, et al.
Faseb Journal, 30(5), 1913-1926 (2016)
Combining Promiscuous Acyl-CoA Oxidase and Enoyl-CoA Carboxylase/Reductases for Atypical Polyketide Extender Unit Biosynthesis
Vogeli B, et al.
Cell Chemical Biology (2018)
Kang Cui et al.
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 59(33), 14049-14053 (2020-05-12)
Reported here is a molecular dipole that self-assembles into highly ordered patterns at the liquid-solid interface, and it can be switched at room temperature between a bright and a dark state at the single-molecule level. Using a scanning tunneling microscope
Proteomic profiling of cellular steatosis with concomitant oxidative stress in vitro
Lockman KA, et al.
Lipids in Health and Disease, 15(1), 114-114 (2016)

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