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Description
- 2-ethylhexanal is an aliphatic aldehyde used as an intermediate to produce various useful products such as perfumes, disinfectants, paints, warning agents, insecticides, and leak detectors.2-ethylhexanal can be used as:
- A reductant in the mukaiyama epoxidation of cis-cyclooctene
- A reactant in the horner-wadsworth-emmons reaction to synthesize cis-α,α-unsaturated amides
- A starting material to synthesize 2-ethylhexanoic acid using manganese(ii) acetate as a catalyst
Specifications
Specifications
| CAS | 123-05-7 |
| Density | 0.822 g/mL (at 25°C (literature)) |
| Boiling Point | 55°C (13.5 mmHg) |
| Molecular Formula | C8H16O |
| Refractive Index | n20/D 1.415 (literature) |
| Linear Formula | CH3(CH2)3 CH(C2H5)CHO |
| Quantity | 5 mL |
| MDL Number | MFCD00006987 |
| Synonym | 2-Ethylcapronaldehyde |
| Molecular Weight (g/mol) | 128.21 |
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