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3-Methyl-3-pentanol (IUPAC name: 3-methylpentan-3-ol) is an organic chemical compound and a tertiary hexanol. It is used in the synthesis of the tranquilizer emylcamate , [ 2 ] and has similar sedative and anticonvulsant actions itself.
Three of these alcohols, 2-methyl-1-butanol, 2-pentanol, and 3-methyl-2-butanol (methyl isopropyl carbinol), contain stereocenters, and are therefore chiral and optically active. The most important amyl alcohol is isoamyl alcohol, the chief one generated by fermentation in the production of alcoholic beverages and a constituent of fusel oil ...
This list is ordered by the number of carbon atoms in an alcohol. C1. Methanol; C2 ... 2-Pentanol; 3-Methyl-2-butanol; 3-Pentanol; tert-Amyl alcohol; C6 ...
tert-Amyl alcohol (TAA) or 2-methylbutan-2-ol (2M2B), is a branched pentanol. Historically, TAA has been used as an anesthetic [3] and more recently as a recreational drug. [4] TAA is mostly a positive allosteric modulator for GABA A receptors in the same way as ethanol. [5] The psychotropic effects of TAA and ethanol are similar, though distinct.
Emylcamate is the carbamate of the tertiary alcohol 3-methyl-3-pentanol. The first patented synthesis involved treating that alcohol with potassium cyanate and trichloroacetic acid. [3] In 1963, an improved synthesis was reported using sodium cyanate and trifluoroacetic acid. [4]
Isoamyl alcohol is a colorless liquid with the formula C 5 H 12 O, specifically (H 3 C–) 2 CH–CH 2 –CH 2 –OH. It is one of several isomers of amyl alcohol (pentanol). It is also known as isopentyl alcohol, isopentanol, or (in the IUPAC recommended nomenclature) 3-methyl-butan-1-ol.
The simplest primary alcohol is methanol (CH 3 OH), for which R = H, and the next is ethanol, for which R = CH 3, the methyl group. Secondary alcohols are those of the form RR'CHOH, the simplest of which is 2-propanol (R = R' = CH 3). For the tertiary alcohols, the general form is RR'R"COH.
3-Pentanol is one of the eight isomers of amyl alcohol. It is found naturally and has a role as a pheromone. [2] See also