ISOOCTYL ALCOHOL CAS#26952-21-6
High Purity C8 Alcohol Mixture: Composed of C8 alcohols with stable physical properties, making it suitable for various industrial applications.
Excellent Physical Properties: Features a colorless liquid appearance, appropriate density, boiling point range, and refractive index, ensuring reliable performance in chemical processing.
Efficient Production Process: Manufactured through catalytic copolymerization, carbonyl synthesis, and hydrogenation processes, providing consistent product quality and stability.
Important Raw Material for Plasticizers: Widely used in the production of diisooctyl phthalate (DIOP) and serves as an effective plasticizer component for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) applications.
Products Description of ISOOCTYL ALCOHOL CAS#26952-21-6
Isooctyl alcohol is a mixture of C8 alcohol compounds and appears as a colorless liquid. It has a relative density of 0.8315, a boiling point range of 185–190 °C, and a refractive index of 1.4308. It is produced through the catalytic copolymerization of propylene and butene to generate mixed heptenes, followed by carbonyl synthesis and hydrogenation processes. Isooctyl alcohol is mainly used as a raw material for the production of diisooctyl phthalate and as a plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride (PVC).
| English Name | ISOOCTYL ALCOHOL |
| English Synonyms | Isoocityl alcohol;exxal8;oxooctylalcohol;isooctan-1-ol;isooctyl alcolol;ISOOCTYL ALCOHOL ISO 9001 : 2015 REACH;Isooctyl Alcohol 26952-21-6;sooctyl alcohol |
| CAS Number | 26952-21-6 |
| Molecular Formula | C8H180 |
| Molecular Weight | 130.22792 |
| EINECS Number | 248-133-5 |
| Melting point | -117.1℃ |
| Boiling point | 170.96°C (estimate) |
| Density | 0.832 |
| Refractive index | 1.4046 (estimate) |
| Storage conditions | Store at room temperature |
| Form | Liquid; a mixture of closely related isomeric, primary alcohols with branched chains |
| Appearance | Colorless to off-white liquid |
| Odor | Fat odor, rose scent |
| Fragrance type | fatty |
| Olive threshold | 0.0093ppm |
| Cosmetic ingredient efficacy | Skin conditioning and fragrance |
| InChI | InChI=1S/C8H180/c1-8(2)6-4-3-5-7-9/h8-9H,3-7H2,1-2H3 |
| InChIKey | BWDBEAQIHAEVLV-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES | C(O)CCCCC(C)C |
| LogP | 2.730 (est) |
Product Application of ISOOCTYL ALCOHOL CAS#26952-21-6
Isooctyl alcohol is utilized as a solvent and preservative, and it is primarily applied as an important raw material in the production of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plasticizers.



