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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:11:13 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-19 00:45:50 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB014361</accession>
  <name>(±)-3,7-Dimethyl-3-octanol</name>
  <description>Flavouring ingredient</description>
  <synonyms>
    <synonym>3,7-Dimethyl-3-octanol</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C10H22O</chemical_formula>
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  <iupac_name>3,7-dimethyloctan-3-ol</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>3-octanol, 3,7-dimethyl-</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>78-69-3</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>CCC(C)(O)CCCC(C)C</smiles>
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  <inchikey>DLHQZZUEERVIGQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N</inchikey>
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    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as tertiary alcohols. Tertiary alcohols are compounds in which a hydroxy group, -OH, is attached to a saturated carbon atom R3COH (R not H ).</description>
    <direct_parent>Tertiary alcohols</direct_parent>
    <kingdom>Organic compounds</kingdom>
    <super_class>Organic oxygen compounds</super_class>
    <class>Organooxygen compounds</class>
    <sub_class>Alcohols and polyols</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aliphatic acyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
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      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
    </alternative_parents>
    <substituents>
      <substituent>Aliphatic acyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Tertiary alcohol</substituent>
    </substituents>
    <external_descriptors>
      <external_descriptor>alkyl alcohol</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>fatty alcohol</external_descriptor>
      <external_descriptor>tertiary alcohol</external_descriptor>
    </external_descriptors>
  </taxonomy>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <kind>formula</kind>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <reference>#&lt;Reference:0x000055ce33443368&gt;</reference>
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