3-Heptanol
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3-Heptanol or heptan-3-ol is an organic alcohol
with the chemical formula C7H16O.
3-Heptanol is chiral
, so (R)- and (S)- isomers exist.
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
with the chemical formula C7H16O.
3-Heptanol is chiral
Chirality (chemistry)
A chiral molecule is a type of molecule that lacks an internal plane of symmetry and thus has a non-superimposable mirror image. The feature that is most often the cause of chirality in molecules is the presence of an asymmetric carbon atom....
, so (R)- and (S)- isomers exist.