CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
| Physical Description | Isooctyl alcohol appears as a clear colorless liquid with a faint pleasant odor. Flash point 180 °F. Less dense than water and insoluble in water. Vapors are heavier than air. Used as a solvent, in the making of cutting and lubricating oils, in hydraulic fluids, and in the production of other chemicals. |
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| Color/Form | Clear, colorless liquid. |
| Odor | Mild |
| Boiling Point | 367 °F at 760 mmHg (USCG, 1999) |
| Melting Point | less than 212 °F (USCG, 1999) |
| Flash Point | 180 °F (USCG, 1999) |
| Solubility | Insoluble (NIOSH, 2023) |
| Density | 0.832 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will float |
| Vapor Density | Relative vapor density (air = 1): 4.5 |
| Vapor Pressure | 1.03 mmHg (USCG, 1999) |
| Autoignition Temperature | 530 °F (USCG, 1999) |
| Decomposition | When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes. |
| Viscosity | 10.6 centipoise at 15 °C |
| Heat of Combustion | Liquid: 1262.0 Kcal/g |
| Surface Tension | 27.53 dynes/cm at 20 °C |
| Refractive Index | Index of refraction = 1.4251 at 25 °C/D |
| Kovats Retention Index | 1524 |
| Other Experimental Properties | 1.95 mm Hg at 50 °C (extrapolated) |
| Chemical Classes | UVCB |
COMPUTED DESCRIPTORS
| Molecular Weight | 130.23 g/mol |
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| XLogP3 | 2.8 |
| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 1 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 1 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 5 |
| Exact Mass | 130.135765193 g/mol |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 130.135765193 g/mol |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 20.2 Ų |
| Heavy Atom Count | 9 |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Complexity | 50.5 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 1 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | Yes |
PRODUCT INTRODUCTION
description
Isooctyl alcohol appears as a clear colorless liquid with a faint pleasant odor. Flash point 180 °F. Less dense than water and insoluble in water. Vapors are heavier than air. Used as a solvent, in the making of cutting and lubricating oils, in hydraulic fluids, and in the production of other chemicals.