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H7396

(±)-2-Hydroxyoctanoic acid

Synonym(s):

2-Hydroxycaprylic acid, (±)-2-Hydroxycaprylic acid

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)5CH(OH)COOH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
160.21
UNSPSC Code:
12352211
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
210-524-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1760638
MDL number:
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form

powder

Quality Segment

functional group

carboxylic acid

lipid type

saturated FAs

shipped in

ambient

storage temp.

room temp

SMILES string

CCCCCCC(O)C(O)=O

InChI

1S/C8H16O3/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7(9)8(10)11/h7,9H,2-6H2,1H3,(H,10,11)

InChI key

JKRDADVRIYVCCY-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Biochem/physiol Actions

(±)-2-Hydroxyoctanoic acid is a mixture of the D and L-2-hydroxyoctanoic acid enantiomers. (±)-2-Hydroxyoctanoic acid may be used in the development of medium-chain hydroxy-fatty acid enantiomer separation and detection systems. 2-Hydroxyoctanoic acid may be used as an inhibitor to study the kinteics of medium chain acyl-CoA synthetase(s).
(±)-2-Hydroxyoctanoic acid inhibits purified medium-chain acyl-CoA synthetase from bovine liver mitochondria (Ki, 500 uM) with hexanoic acid as a substrate .

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functional group

carboxylic acid

functional group

carboxylic acid

functional group

carboxylic acid

functional group

carboxylic acid

storage temp.

room temp

storage temp.

2-8°C

storage temp.

room temp

storage temp.

2-8°C

shipped in

ambient

shipped in

ambient

shipped in

ambient

shipped in

ambient

form

powder

form

powder

form

powder

form

powder

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

200

Quality Level

200

lipid type

saturated FAs

lipid type

saturated FAs

lipid type

saturated FAs

lipid type

saturated FAs


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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves



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Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
H7396-1G04061826756348
H7396-5G04061832862569

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  1. 2-hydroxy-octanoic acid How about chemical purity and chemical grade

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    1. This is a research grade product. The purity specification of this item is 98.0 - 102.0% by sodium hydroxide titration. The exact value will be listed on the Certificate of Analysis. Please navigate to the DOCUMENTATION section of the Product Detail Page to access a sample or lot specific Certificate under ‘Certificate of Analysis’:https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/product/sigma/h7396#product-documentation

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