3778. Ethyl Caprylate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 106-32-1
Octanoic acid ethyl ester; ethyl octanoate; ethyl octylate.
C10H20O2; mol wt 172.26.
C 69.72%, H 11.70%, O 18.58%.
Chemical structure

Properties

Colorless, clear, very mobile liquid; pleasant, pineapple odor. d17 0.878. bp 207-209°. Insol in water; misc with alc, ether. LD50 orally in rats: 25,960 mg/kg, P. M. Jenner et al., Food Cosmet. Toxicol. 2, 327 (1964).

Use

Manuf fruit ethers; constit of enanthic, cocoic, and cognac ethers.