Molecule record

OCTADECANAL

C₁₈H₃₆O

268.50 g/mol

Molecular properties

Polarity: Polar functional group with nonpolar contribution from the carbon skeleton.
Acid-base behavior: Review ionizable groups and pKa data where available; ChemForge does not infer definitive acid-base state from identity alone.
Intermolecular forces: Assess dispersion, dipole interactions, hydrogen bonding, and ionic character from the functional groups shown.

Aldehyde

Property	Value	Conditions	Source
Logp	8.1	PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptor	PubChem(link only)

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Canonical SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC=O
Isomeric SMILES: CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC=O
InChI: InChI=1S/C18H36O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19/h18H,2-17H2,1H3
InChIKey: FWWQKRXKHIRPJY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem CID: 12533

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Predicted FTIR / %T

4 cm^-1 resolution / deterministic instrument profile

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ResolutionNoise

1725 cm⁻¹C=O aldehyde (simulated)

2720 cm⁻¹aldehyde C-H (simulated)

2960 cm⁻¹sp3 C-H (simulated)

On-demand educational prediction for OCTADECANAL; not experimental data.

On-demand educational fragmentation for OCTADECANAL; not experimental data.

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