Title:  2-Heptanol 
CAS Registry Number:  543-49-7 
Additional Names:  Amylmethylcarbinol;  2-hydroxyheptane 
Molecular Formula:  C7H16O 
Molecular Weight:  116.20 
Percent Composition:  C 72.35%, H 13.88%, O 13.77% 
Line Formula:  CH3CH(OH)(CH2)4CH3 
Literature References:  Occurs in oil of cloves:  Masson, Compt. Rend. 149, 630 (1907).  Prepd by the action of amylmagnesium bromide on acetaldehyde:  Henry, de Wael, Rec. Trav. Chim. 28, 446 (1909); by the reduction of methyl amyl ketone with sodium in alcoholic soln:  Thoms, Mannich, Ber. 36, 2544 (1903); Pickard, Kenyon, J. Chem. Soc. 99, 58 (1911); 105, 849 (1914); Whitmore, Otterbacher, Org. Synth. 10, 60 (1930); by the action of Penicillium palitans on coconut oil:  Stokoe, Biochem. J. 22, 82, 84 (1928).  Toxicity data:  Smyth et al., Arch. Ind. Hyg. Occup. Med. 10, 61 (1954). 
  
Derivative Type:  dl-Form  
Properties:  Liquid.  d0 0.8344; d20 0.8193.  bp760 158-160°, nD 1.42131.  Almost insol in water:  3.5 g/l.  Sol in alc, ether, benzene.  LD50 orally in rats:  2.58 g/kg (Smyth). 
Boiling point:  bp760 158-160° 
Index of refraction:  nD 1.42131 
Density:  d0 0.8344; d20 0.8193 
Toxicity data:  LD50 orally in rats:  2.58 g/kg (Smyth) 
  
Derivative Type:  d-Form  
Properties:  Liquid.  d420 0.8190; d435 0.8050; d451 0.7920; d464 0.7815; d4110 0.7417.  bp20 73.5°.  [a]D20 +11.45° (1.039 g in 20 ml abs ethanol); [a]420 +13.71° (0.992 in 20 ml benzene). 
Boiling point:  bp20 73.5° 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D20 +11.45° (1.039 g in 20 ml abs ethanol); [a]420 +13.71° (0.992 in 20 ml benzene) 
Density:  d420 0.8190; d435 0.8050; d451 0.7920; d464 0.7815; d4110 0.7417 
  
Derivative Type:  l-Form  
Properties:  Liquid.  d420 0.8184.  bp23 74.5°.  [a]D17 -10.48°. 
Boiling point:  bp23 74.5° 
Optical Rotation:  [a]D17 -10.48° 
Density:  d420 0.8184 
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