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CAS NUMBER: 112-30-1
EC NUMBER: 203-956-9
MOLECULAR FORMULA: CH3(CH2)9OH
MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 158.28
Decyl alcohol is a straight chain fatty alcohol with ten carbon atoms and the molecular formula C10H21OH.
Decyl alcohol is a colorless to light yellow viscous liquid that is insoluble in water and has an aromatic odor.
The interfacial tension against water at 20 °C is 8.97 mN/m.
Decyl alcohol can be prepared by the hydrogenation of decanoic acid, which occurs in modest quantities in coconut oil (about 10%) and palm kernel oil (about 4%).
Decyl alcohol may also be produced synthetically via the Ziegler process.
Decyl alcohol is a natural product found in Mikania cordifolia, Cichorium endivia, and other organisms.
Decyl alcohol appears as a clear colorless liquid with a sweet fat-like odor. Flash point 180°F.
Less dense than water and insoluble in water.
Vapors are heavier than air.
Decyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol consisting of a hydroxy function at C-1 of an unbranched saturated chain of ten carbon atoms.
Decyl alcohol has a role as a metabolite and a protic solvent.
Decyl alcohol is a primary alcohol and a fatty alcohol.
A clear colorless liquid with a sweet fat-like odor.
Flash point 180°F. Less dense than water and insoluble in water.
Decyl alcohol alternately referred to as capric alcohol, 1-decanol, C10 alcohol and other names is a straight-chain fatty alcohol often used in the manufacture of various plasticizers, lubricants, surfactants and solvents.
Decyl alcohol is derived primarily from natural sources, including palm oil and coconut oil.
Decyl alcohol is GMO-, tree nut-, peanut- and gluten-free.
Decyl alcohol is certified kosher, registered for reach and contains no residual solvents.
Decyl alcohol is used in a wide range of industrial applications, including any process in which maximum purity is required.
Decyl alcohol is a colorless liquid with a strong odor.
Decyl alcohol has a maximum acid value of 0.1 and a saponification value of 0.5, as tested to ACOS standards.
In addition to the uses noted above, Decyl alcohol is often employed as an anti-foaming fixative agent for perfumes, deodorants and personal care products.
Decyl alcohol is FDA-approved as a flavoring for use in certain foods, and Decyl alcohol can also be used safely in cosmetic products.
For more information about potential applications for decyl alcohol.
Decyl alcohol is a mild skin and eye irritant that should be handled using proper protective gloves and eyewear.
Drums or tanks can be safely transported and stored at ambient temperatures.
Decyl alcohol is combustible, with a flash point between 107 and 110°C, and you should keep it away from open flames at all times.
Suitable extinguishing materials include carbon dioxide, foam, powder and aqueous film forming foams.
Decyl alcohol is derived from renewable vegetable oils.
Decyl alcohol is fatty alcohol, readily biodegradable and GMO-free.
Decyl alcohol is bovine spongiform encephalopathy/ transmissible spongiform encephalopathy-free.
Decyl alcohol is used in fragrances as a masking agent to reduce or inhibit the basic odor of the product.
Decyl alcohol is used in cosmetic care products as a viscosity controller.
Decyl alcohol is used in the production of plasticizers, lubricants, surfactants and solvents.
Decyl alcohol is also used to study the thermal properties of polymer-monolithic stationary phases.
Decyl alcohol is used to enhance homomeric glycine receptor function.
Decyl alcohol is used in daily flavor, food flavor and cosmetics.
In an industrial setting the main use of Decyl alcohol is in use as a synthetic intermediate, which is the single biggest use accounting for more than 50% of total manufactured volume.
Decyl alcohol is used as an anti-foaming agent in various industrial processes including paint formulations, textile, rubber and paper industry as well as in oilfield applications.
Alcohols Decyl alcohol are also used as lubricants in the plastics industry.
Decyl alcohol as a raw material, in the presence of mixed oxides, by high temperature and high pressure hydrogenation.
The mixed alcohols with even number of carbon atoms obtained by the reaction (including low carbon alcohol to octadecanol) are subjected to vacuum fractionation.
Decyl alcohol fraction is refined by boric acid esterification method, and then subjected to vacuum fractionation after hydrolysis, made of nonyl aldehyde, and then reduced to nonyl alcohol, refined by distillation.
Decyl alcohol is polymerized in the presence of phosphoric acid or boron fluoride to give nonene, which is reacted with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the liquid phase.
Decyl alcohol is also the raw material of polyvinyl chloride wire coating material and high-grade artificial leather plasticizer (DIDP,DIDA), uranium refining, defoaming agent; Surfactant raw material, solvent.
Decyl alcohol can be used as a solvent and stabilizer for herbicides, pesticides and synthetic raw materials.
As a green fruit ripening agent, Decyl alcohol can also be used for ornamental plants and tobacco and other seed germination control.
Decyl Alcohol is a colourless liquid product with typical fatty alcohol odour and used directly as foam stabilisers, detergency-boosting and lubricant additives.
Decyl alcohol, also known as 1-decanol or royaltac, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as fatty alcohols.
These are aliphatic alcohols consisting of a chain of a least six carbon atoms.
Thus, decyl alcohol is considered to be a fatty alcohol lipid molecule.
Decyl alcohol is a very hydrophobic molecule, practically insoluble (in water), and relatively neutral.
Decyl alcohol is a high active nonionic surfactant providing emulsification, moderate foam, detergency, and excellent wetting.
Decyl alcohol finds application in laundry, textiles, hard surface cleaning, paints, carpet cleaning, hand dishwashing, and institutional and industrial cleaning formulations.
Decyl alcohol is a straight chain fatty alcohol with ten carbon atoms and the molecular formula CH3(CH2)9OH.
Decyl alcohol is a colorless viscous liquid that is insoluble in water.
Decyl alcohol is colorless and has a strong odour.
Decyl alcohol is used in the manufacture of plasticizers, lubricants, surfactants and solvents.
Decyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol mixture.
Decyl alcohol’s C810 chain length allows it to be used in a variety of industries and applications ranging from Industrial and Agricultural applications to the Textile and Ink industries.
Decyl alcohol, also known as 1-decanol, is a viscous, saturated fatty alcohol with the molecular formula C10H22O and the linear formula H3C-(CH2)8-CH2-OH.
Decyl alcohol is practically insoluble in water, soluble in ether and ethanol.
Decyl alcohol is a medium chain fatty alcohol with a chemical formula C10H22O.
Decyl alcohol is made of 10 carbon atoms chain connected to a single hydroxy group.
In addition, the compound is a colorless liquid in room temperature with a sweet fatty scent.
Decyl alcohol is insoluble in inorganic solution and has a higher density than water.
Decyl alcohol is produced by high pressure catalytic hydrogenation of decanoic acid.
Decyl alcohol is sourced from palm kernel oil with abundant chains of long chain fatty acids and esters.
The hydrogenation reaction involves catalytic material such as aluminum lithium hydride.
The product of the reaction is compounds of fatty alcohol; therefore, the product is required to be purified by fractional distillation to purify decyl alcohol.
Decyl alcohol appears as a clear colorless liquid with a sweet fat-like odor.
Flash point 180°F.
Less dense than water and insoluble in water.
Vapors are heavier than air.
Decyl alcohol is a fatty alcohol consisting of a hydroxy function at C-1 of an unbranched saturated chain of ten carbon atoms.
Decyl alcohol is a primary alcohol and a fatty alcohol.
Decyl alcohol, is a straight chain fatty alcohol with ten carbon atoms and the molecular formula CH3(CH2)9OH.
Decyl alcohol is a colorless viscous liquid that is insoluble in water.
Decyl alcohol is colorless and has a strong odor.
Decyl alcohol is a clear colorless liquid with a sweet fat-like odor.
Decyl alcohol has a flash point of 180°F.
Decyl alcohol is less dense than water and insoluble in water.
Decyl alcohols vapors are heavier than air.
Decyl alcohol can be used for the production of plasticizers, lubricants, surfactants and solvents.
Decyl alcohol is also used to study the thermal properties of polymer-monolithic stationary phases.
Decyl alcohol can used to enhance homomeric glycine receptor function.
Decyl alcohol is used in daily flavor, food flavor and cosmetics.
Decyl alcohol receptors were inhibited by the presence of decyl alcohol.
This action has many psychological repercussions on an individual.
Decyl alcohol can also be used as a plant growth regulator of tobacco.
Decyl alcohol has a floral odor resembling orange flowers and a slight, characteristic fatty taste.
Decyl alcohol can be used for any number of functions, including as an emollient, a foam-booster, a surfactant and a viscosity controller, as well to mask odor and as a fixative in perfumes.
Decyl alcohol occurs naturally in sweet orange and ambrette seed.
Decyl alcohol is also derived commercially from liquid paraffin.
Decyl alcohol is a long chain alcohol that has been seen to enhance homomeric glycine receptor function.
Decyl alcohol receptors were inhibited by the presence of 1-decanol.
This action has many psychological repercussions on an individual.
Decyl alcohol is prepared commercially by sodium reduction or by the high-pressure catalytic reduction of coconut oil, coconut fatty acids, or esters.
Decyl alcohol is also produced by the Ziegler process, which involves oxidation of trialkylaluminum compounds.
Decyl alcohol showed weak to moderate tumor-promoting activity when applied three times a week for 60 weeks to the skin of female Swiss mice that previously received.
USES:
Decyl alcohol is used in the manufacture of plasticizers, lubricants, surfactants and solvents.
Decyl alcohols ability to permeate the skin has led to it being investigated as a penetration enhancer for transdermal drug delivery.
-In manufacturing of plasticizers
-synthetic lubricants
-petroleum additives
-herbicides
-surfactants
-solvents
-coatings
-cosmetics
-laundry softeners
-textileleather additives
-lubricating oil additives
-plasticizers
-plastics additives
-emulsion polymerization
-synthetic flavoring agent in foods and pharmaceuticals
-growth retardant
-stabilizer with calcium isostearate for calcium stearate dispersions for food-contact paperpaperboard coatings
-emollient
-viscous control agent
-adhesives
-antifoam
-solvent
-fragrance ingredient in perfumes
-in food-contact coatings
APPLICATION:
-Flavor
-Cosmetic
-Pharmaceutical
-Adhesives
-Plastics
-Fragrance
-Solvents
CLASS:
-Plasticizers
-Solvents
-Solvent
-Surfactants
FUNCTIONS:
-Solvents
-Plasticizers
-Surfactant
-Stabilizer
-Fragrance
-Flavor
-Additive
-Lubricant
FEATURES:
-Emollient: Softens and smoothes the skin
-Foam boosting: Improves the quality of the foam produced by increasing one or more of the following properties: volume, texture and/or stability
-Masking: Reduces or inhibits the odor or basic taste of the product
-Surfactant: Reduces the surface tension of cosmetics and contributes to the even distribution of the product when it is used
-Viscosity controlling: Increases or decreases the viscosity of cosmetics
SPECIFICATIONS:
-Acid Value (mg KOH/g): 0.1 Max
-Saponification Value (mg KOH/g): 0.5 Max
-Iodine Value (% I2absorbed): 0.1 Max
-Hydroxyl Value (mgKOH/g): 352-356
-Color (APHA): 10 Max
-Moisture Content (%): 0.1 Max
SOLUBILITY:
Soluble in alcohol, ether.
Insoluble in water.
Miscible with carbon tetrachloride, ethanol, ether, acetone, benzene, chloroform and glacial acetic acid.
Immiscible with water.
STORAGE:
Separated from strong oxidants, acid anhydrides and acid chlorides.
Store in an area without drain or sewer access.
SYNONYM:
Decanol
n-Decyl alcohol
n-Decanol
Capric alcohol
Nonylcarbinol
Antak
Caprinic alcohol
Royaltac
n-Decan-1-ol
Agent 504
Primary decyl alcohol
C8-10 Alcohols
Alfol 10
n-Decatyl alcohol
Epal 10
Royaltac M-2
Royaltac-85
Alcohol C-10
Sipol L10
1-Hydroxydecane
Lorol 22
Dytol S-91
