1-Hexanol is used as a precursor to plasticizers, chemical intermediate for pharmaceuticals, perfume esters and antiseptics. Further, it serves as a perturbing agent on actomyosin adenosine triphosphatease. In addition to this, it is used to modulate the function of actomyosin motor.
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Applications
1-Hexanol is used as a precursor to plasticizers, chemical intermediate for pharmaceuticals, perfume esters and antiseptics. Further, it serves as a perturbing agent on actomyosin adenosine triphosphatease. In addition to this, it is used to modulate the function of actomyosin motor.
Solubility
Miscible with ethanol, acetone, chloroform, ether, benzene. Slightly miscible with carbon tetrachloride and water.
Notes
Incompatible with strong acids, acid chlorides, acid anhydrides and strong oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Semenov, K. N.; Regueira, T.; Fernández, J.; Charykov, N. A.; Murin, I. V. Pressure dependence of the solubility of light fullerenes in 1-hexanol from 298.15 K to 363.15 K. J. Mol. Liq. 2015, 209, 71-76.
- Patel, V.; Ray, D.; Singh, K.; Abezgauz, L.; Marangoni, G.; Aswal, V. K.; Bahadur, P. 1-Hexanol triggered structural characterization of the worm-like micelle to vesicle transitions in cetyltrimethylammonium tosylate solutions. RSC Adv. 2015, 5 (107), 87758-87768.