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Synthesis Reference(s)

Tetrahedron Letters, 18, p. 3407, 1977 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)83252-4

InChI:InChI=1/C8H18O/c1-3-5-6-7-8(9)4-2/h8-9H,3-7H2,1-2H3/t8-/m0/s1

Upstream product

• 3391-86-4 (S)-oct-1-en-3-ol 
• 106-68-3 3-octanone 
• 589-98-0 (S)-octan-3-ol 
• 156768-33-1 (R)-7-octen-3-ol 
• 4864-61-3 1-ethylhexyl acetate 
• 557-20-0 diethylzinc 
• 66-25-1 hexanal 
• 550347-90-5 (2RS,3S)-2-[(RS)-p-toluenesulfinyl]-3-octanol 
• 152241-71-9 (3S)-3-benzyloxy-1-octyne 
• 108-05-4 vinyl acetate 
• 589-98-0 rac-3-octanol 
• 13635-05-7 3-hydroxyvaleronitrile 
• 3391-86-4 (R)-1-octene-3-ol 
• 156768-35-3 (S)-oct-7-en-3-ol 

Downstream Products

• 589-98-0 (S)-octan-3-ol 
• 116836-35-2 acetic acid 3-octyl ester 
• 589-98-0 (R)-octan-3-ol 
• 999-64-4 (-)(R)-3-bromo-octane 
• 589-98-0 rac-3-octanol 
• 1443771-68-3 C₂₀H₂₆N₂O 

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