Octanols are alcohols with the formula C8H17OH.
A simple and important member is 1-octanol, with an unbranched chain of carbons.
Other commercially important octanols are 2-octanol and 2-ethylhexanol.
Some octanols occur naturally in the form of esters in some essential oils.
[1] There are 89 possible isomers of octanol,[citation needed] including: