2-Pentyne
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| IUPAC name
Pent-2-yne
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| Other names
Ethylmethylacetylene, 1-Ethyl-2-methylacetylene
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.009.991 |
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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| Properties | |
| C5H8 | |
| Molar mass | 68.12 |
| Density | 0.71 g/mL |
| Melting point | −109 °C (−164 °F; 164 K) |
| Boiling point | 56 to 57 °C |
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Flammable Liquid |
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-Pentyne[pronunciation?], an organic compound, is an internal alkyne. It is an isomer of 1-pentyne, a terminal alkyne.
Synthesis
2-Pentyne can be synthesized by the rearrangement 1-pentyne in a solution of ethanolic potassium hydroxide.[1]
References
- ^ Victor von Richter and Hans Meerwein (1916). Organic Chemistry: Chemistry of the aliphatic series Vol. I: Smith's 3rd American Ed. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Sons & Co. p. 89.
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