Octanol

Not to be confused with octanal, octanyl, octanoyl, octenol, octynol, or octonal.

Octanols are alcohols with the formula C8H17OH. A simple and important member is 1-octanol, with an unbranched chain of carbons. Other commercially important octanols are 2-octanol and 2-ethylhexanol. Some octanols occur naturally in the form of esters in some essential oils.[1]

  1. ^ "Octanol". Human Metabolome Database. Retrieved 29 December 2019.