2-Pentanol
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| IUPAC name
2-Pentanol
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| Other names
Pentan-2-ol, sec-amyl alcohol
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| Identifiers | |
3D model (JSmol)
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.025.370 |
PubChem CID
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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| Properties | |
| C5H12O | |
| Molar mass | 88.148 g/mol |
| Appearance | colorless liquid |
| Density | 0.812 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | −73 °C (−99 °F; 200 K) |
| Boiling point | 119.3 °C (246.7 °F; 392.4 K) |
| 45 g/L | |
| Solubility | soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether, carbon tetrachloride, chloroform |
| Vapor pressure | 0.804 kPa |
| Viscosity | 3.470 mPa·s |
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Heat capacity (C)
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2.716 J·g-1·K-1 (liquid) |
Std enthalpy of
formation (ΔfH⦵298) |
-365.2 kJ·mol-1 (liquid) -311.0 kJ·mol-1 (gas) |
| Hazards | |
| Flash point | 34 °C |
| Explosive limits | 1.2–9% |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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2-Pentanol (IUPAC name, also called sec-amyl alcohol) is an organic chemical compound. It is used as a solvent and an intermediate in the manufacture of other chemicals. 2-Pentanol is a component of many mixtures of amyl alcohols sold industrially.
Reactions
2-Pentanol can be manufactured by hydration of pentene.[2]
References
- ^ Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 3–454, 5–42, 6–188, 8–102, 15–23, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
- ^ McKetta, John J.; Cunningham, William Aaron (1977), Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, vol. 3, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, pp. 280–281, ISBN 978-0-8247-2480-1, retrieved 2010-01-17
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