1-Octadecanol

• Formula: C₁₈H₃₈O
• Molecular weight: 270.4937
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C18H38O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19/h19H,2-18H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: GLDOVTGHNKAZLK-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 112-92-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: n-Octadecanol; n-Octadecyl alcohol; n-1-Octadecanol; Aldol 62; Alfol 18; Atalco S; Cachalot S-43; Crodacol-S; Lanol S; Lorol 28; Octadecan-1-ol; Octadecyl alcohol; Sipol S; Siponol S; Siponol SC; Stearol; Stearyl alcohol; Stenol; Steraffine; Decyl octyl alcohol; Adol 68; Dytol e-46; Octadecanol; Polaax; Usp XIII stearyl alcohol; CO-1895; CO-1897; Kalcohl 80; Conol 30F; 1-Hydroxyoctadecane; C18 Linear alcohol; Cachalot S-56; CO 1895F; Conol 1675; Crodacol S70; Crodacol S95NF; Lanette 18 DEO; Lorol C18; Octadecanol NF; Philcohol 1800; Rita SA; Stearyl alcohol NF; Stearyl alcohol USP; Varonic BG; Octanodecanol; 1-Stearyl alcohol; Stearic alcohol; Rofamol; Kalcohl 8098; Adol 62; SSD AF (Salt/Mix); Ceteareth-20 (Salt/Mix)
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Reduced pressure boiling point

Enthalpy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

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Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

IR Spectrum

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• SOLID (OIL MULL); BAIRD (PRISM); DIGITIZED BY NIST FROM HARD COPY; 2 cm^-1 resolution

Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

• gas; HP-GC/MS/IRD

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Freeman and Bagby, 1989
Freeman, B.; Bagby, M.O., Heats of combustion of fatty esters and triglycerides, J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc., 1989, 66, 1601-1605. [all data]

Khasanshin and Zykova, 1989
Khasanshin, T.S.; Zykova, T.B., Specific heat of saturated monatomic alcohols, Inzh. -Fiz. Zhur., 1989, 56(6), 991-994. [all data]

Spizzichino, 1956
Spizzichino, C., Contribution a l'etude des tensions de vapeur et des chaleurs de vaporisation des acides gras, esters methyliques et alcools gras a des pressions inferieures a 1 mm de mercure, J. des Recherches du C.N.R.S., 1956, 34, 1-24. [all data]

Nichols, Kweskin, et al., 2006
Nichols, Gary; Kweskin, Sasha; Frericks, Margaret; Reiter, Sarah; Wang, Gin; Orf, Jennifer; Carvallo, Brett; Hillesheim, Dorothea; Chickos, James, Evaluation of the Vaporization, Fusion, and Sublimation Enthalpies of the 1-Alkanols: The Vaporization Enthalpy of 1-, 6-, 7-, and 9-Heptadecanol, 1-Octadecanol, 1-Eicosanol, 1-Docosanol, 1-Hexacosanol, and Cholesterol at T = 298.15 K by Correlation Gas Chromatography, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2006, 51, 2, 475-482, https://doi.org/10.1021/je0503857 . [all data]

Davies and Kybett, 1965
Davies, M.; Kybett, B., Sublimation and vaporization heats of long-chain alcohols, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1965, 61, 1608. [all data]

Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., 1990
Aldrich Chemical Company Inc., Catalog Handbook of Fine Chemicals, Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee WI, 1990, 1. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Ambrose, Ellender, et al., 1974
Ambrose, D.; Ellender, J.H.; Sprake, C.H.S., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds XXXV. Vapour pressures of aliphatic alcohols, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1974, 6, 9, 909-914, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(74)90235-3 . [all data]

Ambrose and Sprake, 1970
Ambrose, D.; Sprake, C.H.S., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds XXV. Vapour pressures and normal boiling temperatures of aliphatic alcohols, The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 1970, 2, 5, 631-645, https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9614(70)90038-8 . [all data]

Ventol«65533», Calvet, et al., 2004
Ventol«65533», L.; Calvet, T.; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A.; Ram«65533»rez, M.; Oonk, H.A.J.; Mondieig, D.; Negrier, Ph., Melting behaviour in the n-alkanol family. Enthalpy?entropy compensation, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 6, 8, 1786, https://doi.org/10.1039/b313106h . [all data]

Ventolà, Ramírez, et al., 2002
Ventolà, L.; Ramírez, M.; Calvet, T.; Solans, X.; Cuevas-Diarte, M.A.; Negrier, P.; Mondieig, D.; van Miltenburg, J.C.; Oonk, H.A.J., Polymorphism of N -Alkanols: 1-Heptadecanol, 1-Octadecanol, 1-Nonadecanol, and 1-Eicosanol, Chem. Mater., 2002, 14, 2, 508-517, https://doi.org/10.1021/cm011010h . [all data]

van Miltenburg, Oonk, et al., 2001
van Miltenburg, J. Cees; Oonk, Harry A.J.; Ventola, Lourdes, Heat Capacities and Derived Thermodynamic Functions of 1-Octadecanol, 1-Nonadecanol, 1-Eicosanol, and 1-Docosanol between 10 K and 370 K, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2001, 46, 1, 90-97, https://doi.org/10.1021/je000048s . [all data]

Chickos, Braton, et al., 1991
Chickos, James S.; Braton, C. Marie; Hesse, Donald G.; Liebman, Joel F., Estimating entropies and enthalpies of fusion of organic compounds, J. Org. Chem., 1991, 56, 3, 927-938, https://doi.org/10.1021/jo00003a007 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  Ptriple	Triple point pressure
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°solid	Enthalpy of combustion of solid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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