Hexanal, 2-ethyl-

• Formula: C₈H₁₆O
• Molecular weight: 128.2120
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H16O/c1-3-5-6-8(4-2)7-9/h7-8H,3-6H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LGYNIFWIKSEESD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 123-05-7
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• Other names: α-Ethylcaproaldehyde; Butylethylacetaldehyde; Ethylbutylacetaldehyde; 2-Ethylhexaldehyde; 2-Ethylhexanal; 2-Ethylhexylaldehyde; 3-Formylheptane; 2-Ethylcaproaldehyde; α-Ethylhexanal; 2-Ethylhexan-1-al; NSC 42871
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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein

Reduced pressure boiling point

References

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Tjebbes, 1960
Tjebbes, J., Heats of combustion of butannal and some related compounds, Acta Chem. Scand., 1960, 14, 180-188. [all data]

Komarewsky and Kritchevsky, 1943
Komarewsky, V.I.; Kritchevsky, T.H., Synthesis of Olefin Hydrocarbons by Catalytic Condensation and Dehydration of Aliphatic Aldehydes, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1943, 65, 547-8. [all data]

Powell and Baldwin, 1936
Powell, S.G.; Baldwin, M.M., The Condensation of 2-Butanone with Aldehydes of the Type RR'CHCHO, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1936, 58, 1871. [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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions

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