CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Physical Description | Isooctyl alcohol appears as a clear colorless liquid with a faint pleasant odor. Flash point 180 °F. Less dense than water and insoluble in water. Vapors are heavier than air. Used as a solvent, in the making of cutting and lubricating oils, in hydraulic fluids, and in the production of other chemicals. |
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Color/Form | Clear, colorless liquid. |
Odor | Mild |
Boiling Point | 367 °F at 760 mmHg (USCG, 1999) |
Melting Point | less than 212 °F (USCG, 1999) |
Flash Point | 180 °F (USCG, 1999) |
Solubility | Insoluble (NIOSH, 2023) |
Density | 0.832 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will float |
Vapor Density | Relative vapor density (air = 1): 4.5 |
Vapor Pressure | 1.03 mmHg (USCG, 1999) |
Autoignition Temperature | 530 °F (USCG, 1999) |
Decomposition | When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes. |
Viscosity | 10.6 centipoise at 15 °C |
Heat of Combustion | Liquid: 1262.0 Kcal/g |
Surface Tension | 27.53 dynes/cm at 20 °C |
Refractive Index | Index of refraction = 1.4251 at 25 °C/D |
Kovats Retention Index | 1524 |
Other Experimental Properties | 1.95 mm Hg at 50 °C (extrapolated) |
Chemical Classes | UVCB |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
Molecular Weight | 130.23 g/mol |
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XLogP3 | 2.8 |
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 1 |
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 1 |
Rotatable Bond Count | 5 |
Exact Mass | 130.135765193 g/mol |
Monoisotopic Mass | 130.135765193 g/mol |
Topological Polar Surface Area | 20.2 Ų |
Heavy Atom Count | 9 |
Formal Charge | 0 |
Complexity | 50.5 |
Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Isooctyl alcohol appears as a clear colorless liquid with a faint pleasant odor. Flash point 180 °F. Less dense than water and insoluble in water. Vapors are heavier than air. Used as a solvent, in the making of cutting and lubricating oils, in hydraulic fluids, and in the production of other chemicals.