- Physical properties of selected alcohols
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▪ TablePhysical properties of selected alcoholsIUPAC name common name formula mp (°C)methanol methyl alcohol CH3OH −97ethanol ethyl alcohol CH3CH2OH −1141-propanol n-propyl alcohol CH3CH2CH2OH −1262-propanol isopropyl alcohol (CH3)2CHOH −891-butanol n-butyl alcohol CH3(CH2)3OH −902-methyl-1-propanol isobutyl alcohol (CH3)2CHCH2OH −1082-methyl-2-propanol t-butyl alcohol (CH3)3COH 251-pentanol n-pentyl alcohol CH3(CH2)4OH −793-methyl-1-butanol isopentyl alcohol (CH3)2CHCH2CH2OH −1172,2-dimethyl-1-propanol neopentyl alcohol (CH3)3CCH2OH 52cyclopentanol cyclopentyl alcohol cyclo-C5H9OH −191-hexanol n-hexanol CH3(CH2)5OH −52cyclohexanol cyclohexyl alcohol cyclo-C6H11OH 251-heptanol n-heptyl alcohol CH3(CH2)6OH −341-octanol n-octyl alcohol CH3(CH2)7OH −161-nonanol n-nonyl alcohol CH3(CH2)8OH −61-decanol n-decyl alcohol CH3(CH2)9OH 62-propen-1-ol allyl alcohol H2C d;CH−CH2OH −129phenylmethanol benzyl alcohol Ph−CH2OH* −15diphenylmethanol diphenylcarbinol Ph2CHOH* 69triphenylmethanol triphenylcarbinol Ph3COH* 162IUPAC name bp (°C) density (grams per millilitre) solubility in watermethanol 65 0.79 miscibleethanol 78 0.79 miscible1-propanol 97 0.80 miscible2-propanol 82 0.79 miscible1-butanol 118 0.81 9.1%2-butanol 100 0.81 7.7%2-methyl-1-propanol 108 0.80 10.0%2-methyl-2-propanol 83 0.79 miscible1-pentanol 138 0.82 2.7%3-methyl-1-butanol 132 0.81 2.0%2,2-dimethyl-1-propanol 113 0.81 3.5%cyclopentanol 141 0.951-hexanol 156 0.82 0.6%cyclohexanol 162 0.96 3.6%1-heptanol 176 0.82 0.1%1-octanol 194 0.831-nonanol 214 0.831-decanol 233 0.832-propen-1-ol 97 0.86phenylmethanol 205 1.05diphenylmethanol 298triphenylmethanol 380 1.20*Ph represents the phenyl group, C6H5—.See as table:
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Universalium. 2010.