Compound

octan-1-ol

A colorless, slightly viscous liquid used as a defoaming or wetting agent. It is also used as a solvent for protective coatings, waxes, and oils, and as a raw material for plasticizers. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)

Definition from MeSH (D020003), National Library of Medicine, read 2026-09-23. NLM revises MeSH; this copy may not reflect its current record.

CHEBI:16188ChEBI

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Structure

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A generated conformer of octan-1-ol — one low-energy arrangement PubChem computed, not a measured structure. Hydrogens are not drawn; the formula counts them.

Class: Organic compound
Formula: C8H18O
Mass: 130.231 g/mol
Charge: 0
InChIKey: KBPLFHHGFOOTCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES: CCCCCCCCO
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Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.

What it touches on the way

Mechanistic reach

1 entity

1 entities reached.

0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold

GBA2ProteinUNIPROT:Q9HCG7substrate ofInferred only8 paths8 endpoints

What the reference databases state

Statements

1 statement

1 statement · 1 reference database · Subject: octan-1-ol · Sources: Rhea

Order

octan-1-ol is a substrate of GBA2ProteinRhea RHEA:59108Inferred only

Reactions

9 reactions

CHEBI:17590+2reduced [rubredoxin]+dioxygen+2hydron2oxidized [rubredoxin]+octan-1-ol+water
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Rhea RHEA:19341CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+NAD(1-)octanal+NADH(2-)+hydron
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Rhea RHEA:24620CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+hexadecanoyl-CoACHEBI:84059+coenzyme A(4-)
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Rhea RHEA:44064CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+NADP(3-)octanal+NADPH(4-)+hydron
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Rhea RHEA:58384CC BY 4.0Reference data
octyl beta-D-glucose+chenodeoxycholatebeta-D-glucosyl-(1->3)-O-chenodeoxycholate+octan-1-ol
Catalysed by GBA2
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Rhea RHEA:59108CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+acetyl-CoACHEBI:87495+coenzyme A(4-)
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Rhea RHEA:64628CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+benzoyl-CoACHEBI:156236+coenzyme A(4-)
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Rhea RHEA:64852CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+dioxygenoctanal+hydrogen peroxide
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Rhea RHEA:69492CC BY 4.0Reference data
octan-1-ol+2Fe(III)-[cytochrome c]octanal+2Fe(II)-[cytochrome c]+2hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:79323CC BY 4.0Reference data

Other names

10 names

Resolves to: octan-1-ol

Also called: 1-hydroxyoctane1-Octanol1-Oktanolcapryl alcoholcaprylic alcoholFOH 8:0n-heptyl carbinoln-octan-1-oln-octanolprimary octyl alcohol