Octanol

Octanols are alcohols with the formula C₈H₁₇OH. A simple and important member is 1-octanol, with an unbranched chain of carbons. Other commercially important octanols are 2-octanol and 2-ethylhexanol.

There are 89 possible isomers of octanol.

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Alcohols
Straight-chain primary alcohols (1°)	Methanol (C ₁) Ethanol (C ₂) 1-Propanol (C ₃) n-Butanol (C ₄) 1-Pentanol (C ₅) 1-Hexanol (C ₆) 1-Heptanol (C ₇) 1-Octanol (C ₈) 1-Nonanol (C ₉) 1-Decanol (C ₁₀) Undecanol (C ₁₁) Dodecanol (C ₁₂) Tridecan-1-ol (C ₁₃) 1-Tetradecanol (C ₁₄) Pentadecan-1-ol (C ₁₅) Cetyl alcohol (C ₁₆) Heptadecan-1-ol (C ₁₇) Stearyl alcohol (C ₁₈) Nonadecan-1-ol (C ₁₉) Arachidyl alcohol (C ₂₀) Heneicosan-1-ol (C ₂₁) Docosanol (C ₂₂) Tricosan-1-ol (C ₂₃) 1-Tetracosanol (C ₂₄) Pentacosan-1-ol (C ₂₅) 1-Hexacosanol (C ₂₆) 1-Heptacosanol (C ₂₇) 1-Octacosanol (C ₂₈) 1-Nonacosanol (C ₂₉) Triacontanol (C ₃₀)
Other primary alcohols	Isobutanol (C ₄) Isoamyl alcohol (C ₅) 2-Methyl-1-butanol (C ₅) Phenethyl alcohol (C ₈) Tryptophol (C ₁₀)
Secondary alcohols (2°)	Isopropanol (C ₃) 2-Butanol (C ₄) 2-Pentanol (C ₅) 2-Hexanol (C ₆) 2-Heptanol (C ₇) Cyclohexanol (C ₆) 2-Octanol (C ₈)
Tertiary alcohols (3°)	tert-Butyl alcohol (C ₄) tert-Amyl alcohol (C ₅) 2-Methyl-2-pentanol (C ₆) 2-Methylhexan-2-ol (C ₇) 2-Methylheptan-2-ol (C ₈) 3-Methyl-3-pentanol (C ₆) 3-Methyloctan-3-ol (C ₉)
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