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Caprylic acid

Catalog No. DB04519 Name DrugBank
CAS Number 124-07-2 Website http://www.ualberta.ca/
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SYNONYMS

IUPAC name
octanoic acid
IUPAC Traditional name
caprylic acid
Synonyms
capryloate
n-octylic acid
Kaprylsaeure
octanoate
octanoic acid
Octylic acid
n-caprylic acid
octoic acid
n-octanoic acid
neo-fat 8
Enantic acid
Octic acid
n-Octoic acid
Caprylsaeure

DATABASE IDS

PubChem SID 46507647
CAS Number 124-07-2
PubChem CID 379

PROPERTIES

Hydrophobicity(logP) 3.05 [HANSCH,C ET AL. (1995)]
Solubility 0.789 mg/mL at 30 oC [YALKOWSKY,SH & DANNENFELSER,RM (1992)]

DETAILS

Description (English)
Item Information
Drug Groups experimental
Description Caprylic acid is the common name for the eight-carbon straight chain fatty acid known by the systematic name octanoic acid. It is found naturally in coconuts and breast milk. It is an oily liquid with a slightly unpleasant rancid-like smell that is minimally soluble in water.
Toxicity Oral rat LD50: 10080 mg/kg. Intravenous mouse LD50: 600 mg/kg. Skin rabbit LD50: over 5000 mg/kg.
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