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Version1.0
StatusDetected and Quantified
Creation Date2020-10-27 23:48:06 UTC
Update Date2024-09-27 17:27:54 UTC
Metabolite IDMMDBc0000266
Metabolite Identification
Common Name1-Pentanol
DescriptionAmyl alcohol is an organic compound with the formula C5H12O. All eight isomers of amyl alcohol are known:; It is a colourless liquid of density 0.8247 g/cm3 (0 oC), boiling at 131.6 oC, slightly soluble in water, easily soluble in organic solvents. It possesses a characteristic strong smell and a sharp burning taste. When pure, it is nontoxic, while the impure product is toxic. On passing its vapour through a red-hot tube, it decomposes with production of acetylene, ethylene, propylene, and other compounds. It is oxidized by chromic acid to isovaleraldehyde, and it forms crystalline addition compounds with calcium chloride and tin(IV) chloride. The other amyl alcohols may be obtained synthetically. Of these, tertiary butyl carbinol has been the most difficult to obtain, its synthesis having first been reported in 1891, by L. Tissier (Comptes Rendus, 1891, 112, p. 1065) by the reduction of a mixture of trimethyl acetic acid and trimethylacetyl chloride with sodium amalgam. It is a solid that melts at 48 to 50 oC and boils at 112.3 oC.
Structure
Synonyms
Molecular FormulaC5H12O
Average Mass88.1482
Monoisotopic Mass88.088815006
IUPAC Namepentan-1-ol
Traditional Nameamyl alcohol
CAS Registry Number71-41-0
SMILES
CCCCCO
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C5H12O/c1-2-3-4-5-6/h6H,2-5H2,1H3
InChI KeyAMQJEAYHLZJPGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N