
1-Pentanol
Pentan-1-ol is a short-chain primary fatty alcohol that is pentane in which a hydrogen of one of the methyl groups is substituted by a hydroxy group. It has been isolated from Melicope ptelefolia. It has a role as a plant metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a pentanol and a short-chain primary fatty alcohol. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- pentan-1-ol
- Molecular formula
- C5H12O
- Molecular weight
- 88.15 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 88.088815002 Da
- XLogP3
- 1.6
- Topological polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 1
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:44884
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL14568
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID6021741
- PubMed:23080400
- PubMed:23028314
- PubMed:23025287
- PubMed:23016629
- PubMed:22931091
- PubMed:22909118
- PubMed:22905387
- PubMed:22894357
- PubMed:22884225
- PubMed:22858583
- PubMed:22841041
- PubMed:22816247
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