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1-pentanol
Sign in to saveAlso known as pentan-1-ol, 1-pentol, amylol, pentanol-1, butylcarbinol, n-butylcarbinol, amyl alcohol, normal, n-C5H11OH
1-Pentanol, (or '''n-pentanol, pentan-1-ol'''), is an organic compound with the formula and is classified as a primary alcohol. It is a colourless liquid with a distinctive aroma. It is one of 8 isomeric alcohols with the formula . It is used as a solvent, a biological drying agent and in the synthesis of some fragrance compounds. It is also a common component of fusel alcohols (fusel oils), the undesirable byproducts of alcoholic fermentation.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H12O
- Molecular weight
- 88.15 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- pentan-1-ol
- SMILES
- CCCCCO
- InChIKey
- AMQJEAYHLZJPGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.6
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- amyl alcohol
- Mass
- 88.089
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- found in taxon
- Matsutake
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCCO
- Commons category
- Pentan-1-ol
- chemical formula
- C₅H₁₂O
- melting point
- -78.9
- ionization energy
- 10.00
- boiling point
- 137.98
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Preparation
- Uses and occurrence
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1-Pentanol, (or '''n-pentanol, pentan-1-ol'''), is an organic compound with the formula and is classified as a primary alcohol. It is a colourless liquid with a distinctive aroma. It is one of 8 isomeric alcohols with the formula . It is used as a solvent, a biological drying agent and in the synthesis of some fragrance compounds. It is also a common component of fusel alcohols (fusel oils), the undesirable byproducts of alcoholic fermentation.
==Preparation== 1-Pentanol is prepared from 1-butene by hydroformylation followed by hydrogenation of the resulting pentanal.
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