Octanamide

• Formula: C₈H₁₇NO
• Molecular weight: 143.2267
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H17NO/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8(9)10/h2-7H2,1H3,(H2,9,10) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: LTHCSWBWNVGEFE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 629-01-6
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: Caprylamide
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Phase change data

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

Enthalpy of sublimation

Enthalpy of fusion

Gas Chromatography

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

Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Davies, Jones, et al., 1959
Davies, M.; Jones, A.H.; Thomas, G.H., The lattice energies of the straight-chain primary amides, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1959, 55, 1100. [all data]

Schneider, Adkins, et al., 1952
Schneider, H.-J.; Adkins, H.; McElvain, S.M., The Hydrogenation of Amides and Ammonium Salts. The Transalkylation of Tertiary Amines, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1952, 74, 4287. [all data]

Krafft and Stauffer, 1882
Krafft, F.; Stauffer, B., The nitriles c(n)h(2n+2)cn of the higher fatty acids, Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges., 1882, 15, 1728-31. [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]

Abate, Badea, et al., 2008
Abate, Lorenzo; Badea, Elena; Blanco, Ignazio; Della Gatta, Giuseppe, Heat Capacities and Enthalpies of Solid-Solid Transitions and Fusion of a Series of Eleven Primary Alkylamides by Differential Scanning Calorimetry, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 2008, 53, 4, 959-965, https://doi.org/10.1021/je700662a . [all data]

Okumura, 1991
Okumura, T., retention indices of environmental chemicals on methyl silicone capillary column, Journal of Environmental Chemistry (Japan), 1991, 1, 2, 333-358, https://doi.org/10.5985/jec.1.333 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔsubH	Enthalpy of sublimation
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions

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