2-Pentanol

2-Pentanol

2-Pentanol

Chemical compound

2-Pentanol (IUPAC name: pentan-2-ol; also called sec-amyl alcohol) is an organic chemical compound. It is used as a solvent and an intermediate in the manufacturing of other chemicals. 2-Pentanol is a component of many mixtures of amyl alcohols sold industrially. 2-Pentanol is chiral and thus can be obtained as either of two stereoisomers designated as (R)-(−)-2-pentanol and (S)-(+)-2-pentanol.

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2-Pentanol has been detected in fresh bananas by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, at an abundance of 14.26±2.63 ppm.[2]

Reactions

2-Pentanol can be manufactured by hydration of pentene.[3]

See also

References

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    Lide, David R. (1998), Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (87 ed.), Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, pp. 3–454, 5–42, 6–188, 8–102, 15–23, ISBN 0-8493-0594-2
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    Jordán, María J.; Tandon, Kawaljit; Shaw, Philip E.; Goodner, Kevin L. (2001), "Aromatic Profile of Aqueous Banana Essence and Banana Fruit by Gas Chromatography−Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Gas Chromatography−Olfactometry (GC-O)", Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 49 (10): 4813–4817, doi:10.1021/jf010471k, PMID 11600027
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    McKetta, John J.; Cunningham, William Aaron (1977), Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, vol. 3, Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press, pp. 280–281, ISBN 978-0-8247-2480-1, retrieved 2010-01-17


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