Octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether

Octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24-Octaoxahexatriacontan-1-ol
Other names
Dodecyloctaethyleneglycol monoether
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Abbreviations C12E8
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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  • InChI=1S/C28H58O9/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-13-30-15-17-32-19-21-34-23-25-36-27-28-37-26-24-35-22-20-33-18-16-31-14-12-29/h29H,2-28H2,1H3 checkY
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  • InChI=1/C28H58O9/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-13-30-15-17-32-19-21-34-23-25-36-27-28-37-26-24-35-22-20-33-18-16-31-14-12-29/h29H,2-28H2,1H3
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  • O(CCOCCOCCCCCCCCCCCC)CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO
Properties
C28H58O9
Molar mass 538.75472
Surface tension:
8×10−5 M at 25 °C.[2]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E8) is a nonionic surfactant formed by the ethoxylation of dodecanol (lauryl alcohol) to give a material with 8 repeat units of ethylene glycol.

  1. ^ "Octaethyleneglycol monododecyl ether (CHEBI:41527)".
  2. ^ Calum J. Drummond; Gregory G. Warr; Franz Grieser; Barry W. Ninham & D. Fennel Evans (1985). "Surface Properties and Micellar Interfacial Microenvironment of n-Dodecyl beta-d-Maitoside". J. Phys. Chem. 89 (10): 2103–2109. doi:10.1021/j100256a060.