octanol

Octyl alcohol, C₈H₁₇.OH, derived from octane. It is a liquid which boils at 195.5° C. The acetate occurs in the oil of Heracleum Sphondylium, and the butyrate in the oils of H. giganteum and Pastinaca sativa.

Any of many isomers of the saturated aliphatic alcohol having eight carbon atoms, but especially the simple primary alcohol n-octanol; its esters are used in perfumery