2-オクタノール

外観

無色〜わずかにうすい黄色, 澄明の液体

溶解性

エタノール及びアセトンに極めて溶けやすく、水に極めて溶けにくい。

用途

溶剤、可塑剤原料、香料、消泡剤、ブレーキ油基油

説明

2-Octanol has a characteristic disagreeable but aromatic odor. This substance may be prepared by distilling sodium ricinoleate with an excess of sodium hydroxide.

化学的特性

colourless liquid with a pungent odour

天然物の起源

Two optically active isomers of the alcohol have been found; reported in the oil of Réunion geranium; also identified in a few species of mint and lavender. Reported found in apple, banana, kumquat peel oil, cranberry, asparagus, peas, thyme, cheeses, chicken and beef fat, hop oil, beer, cognac, rum, grape wines, tea, oats, soybean, coconut meat, Brazil nut, buckwheat, loquat, sweet corn and bilberry wine.

使用

It is used in the paint industry, as a wetting agent in the textile industry, and as a component of brake fluids.

製造方法

By distilling sodium ricinoleate with an excess of sodium hydroxide.

定義

ChEBI: An octanol carrying the hydroxy group at position 2.

調製方法

2-Octanol is produced commercially by heating a soap of castor oil with sodium hydroxide. The resulting commercial product may contain 2–14% methyl hexyl ketone as a contaminant.

一般的な説明

2-Octanol is a fatty alcohol mainly found in castor oil, tomato leaves and wine.

安全性プロファイル

Slightly toxic by an unspecifiedroute. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smokeand irritating vapors.