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Capric Acid

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Catalog Number

ACMA00016871

Product Name

Capric Acid

Category

Polymers

Description

Decanoic acid is a white crystalline solid with a rancid odor. Melting point 31.5°C. Soluble in most organic solvents and in dilute nitric acid; non-toxic. Used to make esters for perfumes and fruit flavors and as an intermediate for food-grade additives.;Liquid; OtherSolid, Liquid;Solid;Solid;white crystals/unpleasant, rancid odour

IUPAC Name

decanoic acid

Molecular Weight

172.26g/mol

Molecular Formula

C10H20O2

Canonical SMILES

CCCCCCCCCC(=O)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C10H20O2/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10(11)12/h2-9H2,1H3,(H,11,12)

InChI Key

GHVNFZFCNZKVNT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Boiling Point

514 to 518 °F at 760 mm Hg (NTP, 1992);268.7 °C;268.7 °C

Melting Point

88.7 °F (NTP, 1992);31.9 °C;Mp 31.5 °;31.5 °C;31.9°C

Flash Point

235 °F (NTP, 1992)

Density

0.893 (USCG, 1999);d440 0.89;0.890 at 40 °C/4 °C

Solubility

less than 1 mg/mL at 64° F (NTP, 1992);3.59e-04 M;0.0618 mg/mL at 25 °C;Practically insol in water (0.015 g/100 g at 20 °C); sol in ethanol; ether; chloroform; benzene; carbon disulfide; dilute nitric acid;Very soluble in acetone, benzene, ethyl ether, ethanol;Soluble in most organic solvents and dilute nitric acid;In water solubility, 61.8 mg/L at 25 °C;0.0618 mg/mL;soluble in most organic solvents; practically insoluble in water

Color/Form

Crystalline solid;White crystals;Needles;White crystals or needles;Pale yellow solid

Complexity

110

Covalently-Bonded Unit Count

EC Number

206-376-4;239-867-7;610-878-2

Exact Mass

172.14633g/mol

Formal Charge

Heavy Atom Count

Log P

4.09 (LogP);4.09;log Kow = 4.09;4.09

MeSH Entry Terms

capric acid;decanoic acid;decanoic acid, sodium salt;sodium caprate;sodium decanoate

Monoisotopic Mass

172.14633g/mol

NSC Number

5025

Odor

Rancid odor;Unpleasant odor

Other Experimental

Precipitates unchanged from dil nitric acid (density 1.14) by addition of water;Acid value: 320 to 330 mg KOH/g;Density/Specfific gravity: 0.88 kg/l at 4 °C;Henry's Law constant = 1.34X10-6 atm-cu m/mole at 25 °C (est);Hydroxyl radical reaction rate constant = 1.12X10-11 cu cm/molec-sec at 25 °C (est)

Refractive Index

n40D 1.4288

Rotatable Bond Count

UNII

4G9EDB6V73

Vapor Pressure

1 mm Hg at 257 °F ; 5 mm Hg at 287.6° F; 760 mm Hg at 515.1° F (NTP, 1992);3.66e-04 mmHg;3.66X10-4 mm Hg at 25 °C

Viscosity

4.30 mPa.sec (= cP) at 50 °C

XLogP3

4.1

MSDS