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]
Isomers
There are 89 possible isomers of octanol,[2] including:
↑"Octanol". Human Metabolome Database. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
↑Henze, Henry; Blair, Charles (1931-08-05). "The number of structurally isomeric alcohols of the methanol series"(PDF). J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 8 (53): 3042–3045. doi:10.1021/ja01359a027. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
