Mercaptoheptanol

  • Identifiers

    Molecular formula
    C7H16OS

    SMILES
    CCCCCCC(O)S

  • Odor profile

    Fragrance
    Fruity 70.64%
    Green 58.97%
    Tropical 55.25%
    Grapefruit 53.42%
    Sulfurous 52.14%
    Citrus 50.09%
    Herbal 41.87%
    Vegetable 37.88%
    Fatty 36.83%
    Meaty 34.73%

     

    Flavor
    Sulfurous 43.41%
    Fatty 40.44%
    Sulfury 34.2%
    Green 34.02%
    Meaty 30.26%
    Mild 28.64%
    Vegetable 28.05%
    Fishy 26.52%
    Onion 25.58%
    Burnt 25.56%

     

    Odor impact est.
    High

  • Properties

    XLogP3-AA
    2.9

    pKa est.
    8.52 (weak base)

    Molecular weight
    148.27 g/mol

    Vapor pressure est.

    • hPa @ 20°C
    • hPa @ 25°C

    Evaporation rate
    Slow

    Boiling point est.
    222°C

    Flash point

    • 87.17 ˚C est.

  • Synonyms

    • mercaptoheptanol
    • SCHEMBL3148427
  • Applications

    Mercaptoheptanol is used as a bifunctional building block in materials chemistry, providing both a thiol and a hydroxyl group to enable functionalization and integration into functional polymers and coatings; it can act as a reactive crosslinker or chain-transfer agent in radical polymerizations, helping tailor resin properties for coatings and adhesives; the thiol group enables surface modification of metals and other substrates, supporting the formation of self-assembled monolayers and surface grafting for electronics, sensors, or adhesion-promoting interfaces; it serves as an intermediate in the synthesis of specialty chemicals, including thiolated derivatives and fragrance-related compounds; and as a dual-functionality reagent it is commonly evaluated in research and development for surface chemistry and polymer science, with usage subject to local regulations and formulation limits.

    gpt-5-nano

  • Solubility @25˚C

    Solvent Solubility (g/L)
    ethanol 3835.07
    methanol 4499.83
    isopropanol 2911.96
    water 3.06
    ethyl acetate 921.5
    n-propanol 2804.54
    acetone 3542.36
    n-butanol 2593.31
    acetonitrile 840.22
    DMF 2195.48
    toluene 233.86
    isobutanol 1762.64
    1,4-dioxane 1752.77
    methyl acetate 764.39
    THF 4003.71
    2-butanone 1626.2
    n-pentanol 1415.56
    sec-butanol 1883.81
    n-hexane 267.63
    ethylene glycol 699.88
    NMP 1231.74
    cyclohexane 258.45
    DMSO 3610.9
    n-butyl acetate 1073.81
    n-octanol 441.4
    chloroform 1067.2
    n-propyl acetate 820.58
    acetic acid 1793.15
    dichloromethane 711.83
    cyclohexanone 1945.19
    propylene glycol 1016.25
    isopropyl acetate 612.41
    DMAc 852.44
    2-ethoxyethanol 1335.14
    isopentanol 1722.55
    n-heptane 150.15
    ethyl formate 599.94
    1,2-dichloroethane 733.86
    n-hexanol 1470.44
    2-methoxyethanol 2744.84
    isobutyl acetate 507.06
    tetrachloromethane 327.94
    n-pentyl acetate 500.2
    transcutol 2688.77
    n-heptanol 504.13
    ethylbenzene 126.1
    MIBK 705.64
    2-propoxyethanol 1664.67
    tert-butanol 2763.88
    MTBE 1502.19
    2-butoxyethanol 814.04
    propionic acid 1196.14
    o-xylene 150.32
    formic acid 613.06
    diethyl ether 1378.84
    m-xylene 188.88
    p-xylene 192.78
    chlorobenzene 331.26
    dimethyl carbonate 180.4
    n-octane 41.46
    formamide 749.49
    cyclopentanone 2338.38
    2-pentanone 1515.04
    anisole 323.99
    cyclopentyl methyl ether 1355.16
    gamma-butyrolactone 1634.91
    1-methoxy-2-propanol 1817.57
    pyridine 971.82
    3-pentanone 717.27
    furfural 1130.5
    n-dodecane 22.6
    diethylene glycol 1105.51
    diisopropyl ether 347.47
    tert-amyl alcohol 1605.75
    acetylacetone 990.5
    n-hexadecane 25.65
    acetophenone 318.96
    methyl propionate 594.81
    isopentyl acetate 792.16
    trichloroethylene 1238.01
    n-nonanol 340.51
    cyclohexanol 1455.95
    benzyl alcohol 371.83
    2-ethylhexanol 644.97
    isooctanol 368.54
    dipropyl ether 771.56
    1,2-dichlorobenzene 284.67
    ethyl lactate 273.08
    propylene carbonate 744.0
    n-methylformamide 1193.26
    2-pentanol 1347.48
    n-pentane 189.82
    1-propoxy-2-propanol 1225.05
    1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate 635.11
    2-(2-methoxypropoxy) propanol 480.72
    mesitylene 134.07
    ε-caprolactone 1142.95
    p-cymene 127.03
    epichlorohydrin 1331.88
    1,1,1-trichloroethane 732.81
    2-aminoethanol 1422.4
    morpholine-4-carbaldehyde 1148.39
    sulfolane 1913.24
    2,2,4-trimethylpentane 78.0
    2-methyltetrahydrofuran 2345.42
    n-hexyl acetate 644.68
    isooctane 68.6
    2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol 789.15
    sec-butyl acetate 429.13
    tert-butyl acetate 728.09
    decalin 75.6
    glycerin 1066.12
    diglyme 1322.05
    acrylic acid 866.26
    isopropyl myristate 190.06
    n-butyric acid 1810.65
    acetyl acetate 417.99
    di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 181.51
    ethyl propionate 438.48
    nitromethane 1592.23
    1,2-diethoxyethane 900.35
    benzonitrile 437.35
    trioctyl phosphate 166.7
    1-bromopropane 559.46
    gamma-valerolactone 1940.98
    n-decanol 227.6
    triethyl phosphate 191.54
    4-methyl-2-pentanol 577.66
    propionitrile 854.15
    vinylene carbonate 563.52
    1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane 1119.06
    DMS 301.19
    cumene 104.59
    2-octanol 325.95
    2-hexanone 1165.26
    octyl acetate 247.32
    limonene 270.77
    1,2-dimethoxyethane 1851.07
    ethyl orthosilicate 212.3
    tributyl phosphate 211.59
    diacetone alcohol 937.08
    N,N-dimethylaniline 210.81
    acrylonitrile 784.83
    aniline 504.19
    1,3-propanediol 1973.83
    bromobenzene 269.57
    dibromomethane 635.31
    1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane 1108.09
    2-methyl-cyclohexyl acetate 362.9
    tetrabutyl urea 257.08
    diisobutyl methanol 336.65
    2-phenylethanol 434.66
    styrene 177.84
    dioctyl adipate 274.33
    dimethyl sulfate 331.05
    ethyl butyrate 525.26
    methyl lactate 354.93
    butyl lactate 438.64
    diethyl carbonate 265.98
    propanediol butyl ether 845.22
    triethyl orthoformate 380.45
    p-tert-butyltoluene 135.6
    methyl 4-tert-butylbenzoate 318.82
    morpholine 2366.41
    tert-butylamine 1613.69
    n-dodecanol 161.04
    dimethoxymethane 1049.0
    ethylene carbonate 534.03
    cyrene 408.12
    2-ethoxyethyl acetate 530.35
    2-ethylhexyl acetate 585.33
    1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 343.46
    4-methylpyridine 826.17
    dibutyl ether 506.06
    2,6-dimethyl-4-heptanol 336.65
    DEF 971.41
    dimethyl isosorbide 639.07
    tetrachloroethylene 918.47
    eugenol 340.93
    triacetin 445.67
    span 80 547.66
    1,4-butanediol 691.96
    1,1-dichloroethane 831.31
    2-methyl-1-pentanol 887.71
    methyl formate 672.15
    2-methyl-1-butanol 1438.28
    n-decane 47.05
    butyronitrile 1196.38
    3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol 396.07
    1-chlorooctane 208.97
    1-chlorotetradecane 61.25
    n-nonane 51.66
    undecane 30.79
    tert-butylcyclohexane 82.43
    cyclooctane 67.56
    cyclopentanol 1807.72
    tetrahydropyran 2480.23
    tert-amyl methyl ether 791.61
    2,5,8-trioxanonane 762.3
    1-hexene 766.87
    2-isopropoxyethanol 840.09
    2,2,2-trifluoroethanol 423.5
    methyl butyrate 743.81

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