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Pentane is an organic compound with the formula C 5 H 12 —that is, an alkane with five carbon atoms. The term may refer to any of three structural isomers, or to a mixture of them: in the IUPAC nomenclature, however, pentane means exclusively the n-pentane isomer, in which case pentanes refers to a mixture of them; the other two are called isopentane (methylbutane) and neopentane ...
The systematic IUPAC name is not always the preferred IUPAC name, for example, lactic acid is a common, and also the preferred, name for what systematic rules call 2-hydroxypropanoic acid. This list is ordered by the number of carbon atoms in a carboxylic acid.
Most properties listed in the literature refer to the racemic compound (an equimolar mixture of the two enantiomers). The boiling point of 89.7 °C is 0.3 °C higher than the value of 89.4 °C predicted by Wiener's formula, based on the structure of the molecule and the boiling point of n-heptane. [2] [3]
The traditional name isopentane, attested in English as early as 1875, [7] was still retained in the 1993 IUPAC recommendations, [8] [9] but is no longer recommended according to the 2013 recommendations. [1] The preferred IUPAC name is the systematic name 2-methylbutane. An isopentyl group is a subset of the generic pentyl group.
2,2-Dimethylpentane can form a clathrate hydrate with helper gas molecules. The type of clathrate formed is called "clathrate H". 2,2-Dimethylpentane was the first compound for which the structure was determined. The clathrate has 34 molecules of water per molecule, and also has xenon and hydrogen sulfide as helper molecules.
It is of similar structure to the isomeric 2-methylpentane, which has the methyl group located on the second carbon of the pentane chain. As of early 1990s, it was present in American [3] and European [4] gasoline in small amounts, and by 2011 its share in US gas varied between 1.5 and 6% [5] It has close research and motor octane numbers of 74 ...
Names of oxyanions should in general follow the names in Table X of the IUPAC 2005 Red Book. [2] Exceptions can be made if an alternate name is much more common in the literature, e.g. xenate rather than xenonate (don't generalise this to radon though, as it would create an ambiguity between radon and radium).
As of early 1990s, it was present in American [4] and European [5] gasoline in small amounts, and by 2011 its share in US gas varied between 2 and 8%. [6] Using a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) prediction model, 2-Methylpentane has a research octane number (RON) of 75, motor octane number (MON) of 77, and cetane number (CN ...