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Alcohols: Physical & Chemical Properties

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Chemical Name

CAS-Number

Colour/Form

Boiling Point (ºC)

Melting Point (ºC)

Molecular Weight

Solubility in Water

Relative Density (water=1)

Relative Vapour Density (air=1)

Vapour Pressure/ (Kpa)

Inflam.
Limits

Flash Point (ºC)

Auto Ignition Point (ºC)

ALLYL ALCOHOL
107-18-6

mobile liquid; colourless liquid

97

-129

58.08

misc

0.8540

2.00

2.5

2.5 ll
18.0 ul

21 cc

443

BENZYL ALCOHOL
100-51-6

water-white liquid

205

-15.2

108.13

sol

1.04535

3.72

@ 25 ºC

1.3 ll
13 ul

93 cc

436

BUTYL ALCOHOL
71-36-3

liquid

117.2

-89.5

74.12

sol

0.8098

2.6

5.5 mm Hg

1.4 ll
11.2 ul

37 cc

sec-BUTYL ALCOHOL
78-92-2

colourless liquid

99.5

-115

74.12

15.4 g/100 g

0.8063

2.6

@ 30 ºC

@ 100 ºC ul

24 cc

406

tert-BUTYL ALCOHOL
75-65-0

a colourless liquid, which forms rhombic crystals; rhombic prisms or plates

82.4

25.4

74.12

misc

0.7887

2.55

@ 25 ºC

@ 25 ºC ll

2-CHLOROETHANOL
107-07-3

colourless glycerine-like liquid

@ 760 mm Hg

-67.5 °C

80.52

sol

@ 20 °C/4 °C

2.78

@ 20 ºC

4.9% ll 15.9% ul

60 °C cc

425 °C

CYCLOHEXANOL
108-93-0

colourless needles or viscous liquid; hygroscopic crystals

161

25.1

100.2

sol

0.9624

3.5

@ 25 ºC

1,3-DICHLORO-2-­PROPANOL
96-23-1

colourless slightly viscous liquid

174.3

-4

128.99

v sol

@ 17 ºC/4 ºC

4.4

7 mm Hg

2,6-DIMETHYL-4-­HEPTANOL
108-82-7

colourless liquid

176-177

<-65

144.3

insol

0.8114

4.97

0.21 mm Hg

2,2-DIMETHYL-1-­BUTANOL
1185-33-7

136.5

<-15

102.17

sl sol

0.8283

2,4-DIMETHYL-3-­PENTANOL
600-36-2

138.7

0

116.2

sl sol

0.8288

ETHANOL
64-17-5

clear, colourless, very mobile liquid

78.5

-114

46.07

misc

0.789

1.59

@ 19 ºC

3.3 ll
19 ul

13 cc

363

2-ETHYLBUTYL ALCOHOL
97-95-0

colourless liquid

@ 760 mm Hg

less than -15 °C

102.18

slightly sol

@ 20 °C/4 °C

@ 20 °C

2-ETHYL-1-HEXANOL
104-76-7

colourless liquid

184.6

-76

130.22

insol

0.8344

4.5

0.020

0.88 ll
9.7 ul

81 cc

231

HEPTANOL
111-70-6

colourless liquid

176

-34.6

116.2

sl sol

0.8219

71

HEXANOL
111-27-3

colourless liquid

157

-51.6

102.17

sl sol

0.8136

3.5

@ 24.4 ºC

2-HEXANOL
626-93-7

liquid

136

-23

102.18

0.81

41 cc

ISOAMYL ALCOHOL
123-51-3

oily, clear liquid

131.0

-117

88.1

@ 14 ºC

0.8092

3.04

0.32

@ 100 ºC ul

45

350

sec-ISOAMYL ALCOHOL
528-75-4

colourless liquid

113

-117

0.819

394

ISOBUTYL ALCOHOL
78-83-1

colourless liquid

107

-108

74.1

sl sol

0.8

2.56

1.2

1.7 ll
10.9 ul

27

441

ISODECYL ALCOHOL
25339-17-7

colourless liquid

220

7

158.32

insol

0.841

5.5

@ 70 ºC

0.8 ll
? ul

104 oc

285

ISOOCTYL ALCOHOL
26952-21-6

colourless liquid

83-91

<-76

130.3

@ 25 ºC

0.832

4.5

0.05

0.9 ll
5.7 ul

82 oc

277

ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
67-63-0

liquid

83

-90

60.09

misc

0.79

2.1

4.4

2 ll
12 ul

117

455

METHANOL
67-56-1

colourless liquid

64.7

-98

32.04

misc

0.7914

1.11

12.3

6 ll
35.6 ul

12 cc

385

2-METHOXYPROPAN-1-OL
1589-47-5

130

90.12

0.938

3-METHOXY 1-BUTANOL
2517-43-3

liquid

160

-85

104.14

misc

0.92

3.59

0.12

1.9 ll
? ul

74

335

2-METHYL-1-BUTANOL
137-32-6

colourless liquid

128

<-70

88.17

sl sol

0.816

3.0

0.42

1.4 ll
9.0 ul

50 oc

385

METHYLCYCLOHEXANOL
25639-42-3

colourless liquid; viscous liquid

155-180

-50

114.1

3-4%

@ 15 ºC/15

3.94

@ 30 ºC

68 cc

296

o-METHYLCYCLO­HEXANOL
583-59-5

liquid

163-166

-9.5

114.2

insol

0.93

3.9

58 cc

296

m-METHYLCYCLO­HEXANOL
591-23-1

liquid

163

114.2

0.92

62 cc

295

2-METHYL-4-PENTANOL
108-11-2

colourless liquid

131.6

-60

102.2

sl sol

0.8075

3.5

2.8 mm Hg

1.0 ll
5.5 ul

41

NONANOL
143-08-8

colourless to yellowish liquid

215

-5

144.3

insol

0.8279

OCTANOL
111-87-5

colourless liquid

195

-16

130.22

insol

0.827

4.5

@ 25 ºC

2-OCTANOL
123-96-6

colourless

130.22

@ 25 ºC

4.5

@ 25 ºC

OLEYL ALCOHOL
143-28-2

oily liquid, usually pale yellow; clear, viscous liquid

333

13-19

268.5

insol

0.8489

@ 25 ºC

1-PENTANOL
71-41-0

colourless liquid

137.5

-79

88.15

insol

0.814

3.0

0.13

@ 100 ºC ul

33 cc

300

3-PENTANOL
584-02-1

colourless liquid

116

-8

4.1 g/100 ml

0.82

3.04

930 Pa

1.2 ll
8.0 ul

40 cc

360

tert-PENTYL ALCOHOL
75-85-4

colourless liquid

102

-8.8

88.1

sol

@ 25 ºC/4 ºC

67 cc

819

1-PHENYLETHANOL
98-84-1

122.17

2-PHENYLETHANOL
60-12-8

colourless, viscous liquid

218.2

-27

122.16

sl sol

1.0202

4.21

@ 58 ºC

102

PROPANOL
71-23-8

clear, colourless liquid

97.2

-127

60.09

misc

0.8053

2.1

@ 25 ºC

2.29 ll
13.7 ul

23 cc

412

PROPARGYL ALCOHOL
107-19-7

light to straw coloured liquid; colourless liquid

114-115

-51.8

56.1

sol

0.9715

1.93

1.54

3.4 ll
70 ul

33 oc

TETRAHYDROFUR­FURYL ALCOHOL
97-99-4

colourless liquid

178

<-80

102.1

misc

1.054

3.5 g/l

0.306

1.5 ll
9.7 ul

75 oc

282

TRIDECANOL
112-70-9

crystals

@ 14 mm Hg

32.5

200.4

insol

@ 31 ºC/4 ºC

121 oc

3,5,5-TRIMETHYL-1-­HEXANOL
3452-97-9

liquid

194

-70

144.25

0.05 g/100 ml

0.824

5.0

0.030

76

 

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