2-Heptanol
2-Heptanol is a chemical compound which is an isomer of heptanol. It is a secondary alcohol with the hydroxyl on the second carbon of the straight seven-carbon chain.
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| Preferred IUPAC name
 Heptan-2-ol  | |
| Other names
 s-Heptyl alcohol  | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.008.041 | 
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| Properties | |
| C7H16O | |
| Molar mass | 116.201 g/mol | 
| Density | 0.817 g/mL | 
| Melting point | −30.2 °C (−22.4 °F; 243.0 K) | 
| Boiling point | 159 °C (318 °F; 432 K) | 
| 3.3 g/L | |
| Solubility | soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether | 
| Viscosity | 3.955 mPa·s | 
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| Flash point | 71 °C (160 °F; 344 K) | 
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). 
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2-Heptanol is chiral, so (R)- and (S)- isomers exist.
See also
    
- 1-Heptanol
 - 3-Heptanol
 - 4-Heptanol
 
References
    
- Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, pp. 3–300, 6–189, 8–109, 16–25, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
 
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