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octanol Chem.|ˈɒktənɒl|
[f. as prec. + -ol.]
Any saturated aliphatic monohydric alcohol containing eight carbon atoms, C8H17OH, of which many isomeric forms exist; esp. the primary straight-chain alcohol (n- or 1-octanol), or the secondary alcohol, CH3(CH2)5CH(OH)CH3 (2-octanol), both of which are colourless odoriferous liquids used chiefly in the perfume and plastic industries; octyl alcohol.
1905Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXVIII. i. 573 δ-Octanol is a mobile liquid with a pleasant odour which boils at 71° under 10 mm. pressure. 1932Physical Rev. XL. 830 The series consists of twenty-one octanols which differ from one another only in the relative positions of a methyl and hydroxyl group along the chain. 1947Kirk & Othmer Encycl. Chem. Technol. I. 317, 1-Octanol..is a colorless liquid with a penetrating odor. Ibid., The technical grades of 2-octanol are used as solvents for many resins and in some protective formulations to improve flow and leveling. 1950I. Mellan Industr. Solvents (ed. 2) xi. 511 Commercial n-octanol is derived synthetically from coconut oil. 1975J. M. Tedder et al. Basic Org. Chem. V. xii. 450 Long chain fatty alcohols (mainly octanol and decanol) are used to inhibit terminal bud growth and hence stimulate branching in many plant species. |