Octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether

Octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E8) is a nonionic surfactant formed by the ethoxylation of dodecanol (lauryl alcohol) to give a material with 8 repeat units of ethylene glycol.

Octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether

Names
IUPAC name 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24-octaoxahexatriacontan-1-ol
Other names Dodecyloctaethyleneglycol monoether, 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24-Octaoxahexatriacontan-1-ol
Identifiers
CAS Number	3055-98-9^N
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
Abbreviations	C12E8
ChEBI	CHEBI:41527 [1]^Y
ChEMBL	ChEMBL501722^Y
ChemSpider	110452^Y
ECHA InfoCard	100.225.232
PubChem CID	123921
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)	DTXSID30184640
InChI InChI=1S/C28H58O9/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-13-30-15-17-32-19-21-34-23-25-36-27-28-37-26-24-35-22-20-33-18-16-31-14-12-29/h29H,2-28H2,1H3^Y Key: YYELLDKEOUKVIQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N^Y InChI=1/C28H58O9/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-13-30-15-17-32-19-21-34-23-25-36-27-28-37-26-24-35-22-20-33-18-16-31-14-12-29/h29H,2-28H2,1H3 Key: YYELLDKEOUKVIQ-UHFFFAOYAB
SMILES O(CCOCCOCCCCCCCCCCCC)CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO
Properties
Chemical formula	C28H58O9
Molar mass	538.75472
Surface tension:
CMC	8×10^−5 M at 25 °C.[2]
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

See also

• Pentaethylene glycol monododecyl ether, C12E5

References

1. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/searchId.do?chebiId=CHEBI:41527
2. Calum J. Drummond; Gregory G. Warr; Franz Grieser; Barry W. Ninham & D. Fennel Evans (1985). "Surface Properties and Micellar Interfacial Microenvironment of n-Dodecyl beta-d-Maitoside". J. Phys. Chem. 89 (10): 2103–2109. doi:10.1021/j100256a060.