2-Pentanol

CAS Registry Number®

6032-29-7

CAS Name

2-Pentanol

Molecular Formula

C5H12O

Molecular Mass

88.15

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Compound Properties

  • Boiling Point (1)

    118 °C

  • Melting Point (2)

    -73 °C

  • Density (3)

    0.804 g/cm³ @ Temp: 25 °C; Press: 750 Torr

Source(s)

Other Names and Identifiers

InChI

InChI=1S/C5H12O/c1-3-4-5(2)6/h5-6H,3-4H2,1-2H3

InChIKey

InChIKey=JYVLIDXNZAXMDK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

C(C(C)O)CC

Canonical SMILES

OC(C)CCC

Other Names for this Substance

  • 2-Pentanol
  • sec-Amyl alcohol
  • Methylpropylcarbinol
  • 2-Pentyl alcohol
  • 1-Methyl-1-butanol

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Deleted or Replaced CAS Registry Numbers

113244-42-1, 141459-01-0, 13403-73-1

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