Octane

• Formula: C₈H₁₈
• Molecular weight: 114.2285
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H18/c1-3-5-7-8-6-4-2/h3-8H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: TVMXDCGIABBOFY-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 111-65-9
• Chemical structure:
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• Isotopologues:
  • Octane-d18-
  • Octane-1,2,3,4,5,6-d13
  • Octane-1,2,3,4-d9
  • Octane-1,2-d5
• Other names: n-Octane; n-C8H18; Oktan; Oktanen; Ottani; UN 1262
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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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Boord, Henne, et al., 1949
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Forziati, A.F.; Glasgow, A.R.; Willingham, C.B.; Rossini, F.D., Specification adn Properties of 29 Paraffin, 4 Alkylcyclopentanes, 10 Alkylcyclohexanes and 8 Alkylbenzene Hydrocarbons, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1946, 36, 129. [all data]

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Streiff, A.J.; Murphy, E.T.; Sedlak, V.A.; Willingham, C.B.; Rossini, F.D., Purification, Purity, and Freezing Points of 7 Heptanes, 16 Octanes, 6 Pentene, Cyclopentene, and 7 C9H12 Alkylbenzenes of the API-Standard and API-NBS Series, J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand. (U. S.), 1946, 37, 331. [all data]

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Wibaut, J.P.; Hoog, H.; Langedijk, S.L.; Overhoff, J.; Smittenberg, J.; Benninga, N.; Bouman, G.P.; van Dijk, H.; Gaade, W.; Geldof, H.; Hackmann, J.Th.; Jonker, E.W.; Paap, T.; Zuiderweg, F.J., Study on the Preparation and the Physical Constants of A Number of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1939, 58, 329. [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point

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