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5-Hydroxy-4-octanone

  • CAS NO.:496-77-5
  • Empirical Formula: C8H16O2
  • Molecular Weight: 144.21
  • MDL number: MFCD00021928
  • EINECS: 207-830-4
  • SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS)
  • Update Date: 2024-07-22 17:51:23
5-Hydroxy-4-octanone Structural

What is 5-Hydroxy-4-octanone?

Description

5-Hydroxy-4-octanone has a sweet, slightly pungent, buttery, nutlike odor and a sweet, buttery, oily taste. May be prepared by reacting sodium metal with ethyl butyrate in boiling ether or in the same fashion starting from methyl butyrate.

Chemical properties

5-Hydroxy-4-octanone has a sweet, lightly pungent, butternut-like odor and a sweet, butter, oily taste

Physical properties

Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils. Sweet and slightly pungent-buttery-nut-like odor.

Occurrence

Reported found in cocoa

Preparation

By reacting sodium metal with ethyl butyrate in boiling ether or in the same fashion starting from methyl butyrate.

Definition

ChEBI: 5-Hydroxy-4-octanone is a monosaccharide.

Properties of 5-Hydroxy-4-octanone

Melting point: -10°C
Boiling point: 80-82 °C10 mm Hg(lit.)
Density  0.916 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
refractive index  n20/D 1.4315(lit.)
FEMA  2587 | 5-HYDROXY-4-OCTANONE
Flash point: 175 °F
form  clear liquid
pka 13.13±0.20(Predicted)
color  Light yellow to Yellow to Orange
Specific Gravity 0.92
Odor at 1.00 % in dipropylene glycol. sweet pungent buttery nut
JECFA Number 416
Merck  14,1595
CAS DataBase Reference 496-77-5(CAS DataBase Reference)
NIST Chemistry Reference 5-Hydroxy-4-octanone(496-77-5)

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Computed Descriptors for 5-Hydroxy-4-octanone

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