• British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Caprylic Acid
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Caprylic Acid Octanoic acid; C8H16O2 = 144.2 (124-07-2)

Slightly yellow, oily liquid. bp2013_v5_47_1003_[appendix_i_a]_c_ep7-7_ep_revised_texts d_20_4.png, about 0.910; bp2013_v5_47_1003_[appendix_i_a]_c_ep7-7_ep_revised_texts n_20_d.png, about 1.428; boiling point, about 239.7°; melting point, about 16.7°.

Caprylic acid used in the assay of total fatty acids in Saw palmetto fruit (1848) complies with the following additional test.

Assay Examine by gas chromatography (2.2.28) as prescribed in the monograph on Saw palmetto fruit (1848).

The content of caprylic acid is not less than 98%, calculated by the normalisation procedure.