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1,6-hexanediol
Sign in to saveAlso known as hexane-1,6-diol, 1,6-dihydroxyhexane, hexamethylene glycol, 1,6-hexylene glycol, hexamethylenediol, HDO, alpha,omega-Hexanediol, 6-hydroxy-1-hexanol
1,6-Hexanediol is an organic compound with the formula (CH2CH2CH2OH)2. It is a colorless water-soluble solid.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H14O2
- Molecular weight
- 118.17 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- hexane-1,6-diol
- SMILES
- C(CCCO)CCO
- InChIKey
- XXMIOPMDWAUFGU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.3
- Polar surface area
- 40.5 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 118.099
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- melting point
- 42.8
- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₄O₂
- canonical SMILES
- C(CCCO)CCO
- Commons category
- 1,6-Hexanediol
- boiling point
- 208
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- History and synthesis
- Properties
- Uses
- Uses to study biomolecular condensates
- Safety
- References
1,6-Hexanediol is an organic compound with the formula (CH2CH2CH2OH)2. It is a colorless water-soluble solid.
== History and synthesis == W. H. Perkin Jr. and his graduate student Edward Haworth first prepared the compound in 1894 during their research on cyclohexane. They boiled 1,6-dibromohexane (which they were also the first to synthesize) with dilute potassium carbonate solution and named the product hexamethylene glycol.
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