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2-Octanone
SpectraBase Compound ID 5Fi5udRTGZ7
InChI InChI=1S/C8H16O/c1-3-4-5-6-7-8(2)9/h3-7H2,1-2H3
InChIKey ZPVFWPFBNIEHGJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Mol Weight 128.21 g/mol
Molecular Formula C8H16O
Exact Mass 128.120115 g/mol
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Technique CAPILLARY CELL: NEAT
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Technique Neat
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Technique NEAT
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Technique CAPILLARY CELL: NEAT
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Technique Between salts
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Technique Between salts
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Catalog Number O4709
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Source of Spectrum Adams' Essential Oil Components (GC-MS), Version 4
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Source of Spectrum AA-0-568-4
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Source of Spectrum EP-5418-0-0
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Source of Spectrum PG-1982-330-0
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Source of Spectrum QE-24-SM17-37 (DOI: 10.1002/chem.201800531)
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Source of Spectrum SO-0-2026-0
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Source of Spectrum Va-0-0-0
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Source of Spectrum Va-0-0-0
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Source of Spectrum Va-0-0-0
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Source of Spectrum PR-305-0-0
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Source of Spectrum EP-4024-0-0
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Source of Spectrum NW-131-0-0
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Source of Spectrum WS-1986-200-0
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Source of Spectrum LQ-1992-418-0
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Source of Spectrum LQ-1992-4191-0
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Source of Spectrum O-3-536-1
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Source of Spectrum JZ-1992-924-0
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Source of Spectrum O-21-608-58
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Source of Spectrum IC-134-0-0
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Source of Spectrum O-19-521-8
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Source of Spectrum KC-60-2134-2
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Source of Spectrum F-70-62-4
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Source of Spectrum SRH-2022-2131-0
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Source of Spectrum CCC-13-SM16-2b
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CCl4
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Catalog Number O4709
Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent Chloroform-d; Reference=TMS Spectrometer= Varian HA-100/Digilab FT-NMR-3
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Solvent CDCL3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent C6D6
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Solvent C6D6
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Solvent C5D5N
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Catalog Number O4709
Solvent CDCl3
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Solvent C6D6
  • n-Hexyl methyl ketone
  • Hexyl methyl ketone
  • Methyl hexyl ketone
  • KETONE, METHYL HEXYL,
  • Octan-2-one
  • Octanone<2->
  • 2-Octanone (monodeuterated)
  • 2-Oxooctane
  • Methyl n-hexyl ketone
  • N-C6H13COCH3
  • FEMA NO. 2802
  • HSDB 5545
  • EINECS 203-837-1
  • NSC 3712
  • BRN 0635843
  • AI3-05617
  • Octan-2-one (monodeuterated)
  • 2-Oxooctane (monodeuterated)
  • Hexyl methyl ketone (monodeuterated)
  • n-Hexyl methyl ketone (monodeuterated)
  • Methyl hexyl ketone (monodeuterated)
  • Methyl n-hexyl ketone (monodeuterated)
Title Journal or Book Year
Heterocyst glycolipids of the cyanobacterium Cyanospira rippkae Phytochemistry 1993
17O and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance study of polyfluorinated carbonyl compounds Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 1987
Pyrones. VIII. Biosynthetic investigations of the fungal metabolite phacidin Canadian Journal of Chemistry 1982
13C-NMR studies of polyfluorinated hydrocarbons, carboxylic acid derivatives, alcohols and ethers Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 1981

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