Pentyl group
Pentyl is a five-carbon alkyl group or substituent with chemical formula Template:Chem2. It is the substituent form of the alkane pentane.
In older literature, the common non-systematic name amyl was often used for the pentyl group. Conversely, the name pentyl was used for several five-carbon branched alkyl groups, distinguished by various prefixes. The nomenclature has now reversed, with "amyl" being more often used to refer to the terminally branched group also called isopentyl, as in amobarbital.
A cyclopentyl group is a ring with the formula Template:Chem2.
The name is also used for the pentyl radical, a pentyl group as an isolated molecule. This free radical is only observed in extreme conditions.[1] Its formula is often written "Template:Chem/link•" or "• Template:Chem/link" to indicate that it has one unsatisfied valence bond. Radicals like pentyl are reactive, they react with neighboring atoms or molecules (like oxygen, water, etc.)
Older "pentyl" groups
The following names are still used sometimes:
| Name | Structure | IUPAC status | IUPAC recomm. | Examples |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n-pentyl, amyl | Template:Chem/link−Template:Chem/link− | pentyl | [2] | |
| tert-pentyl | Template:Chem/link−Template:Chem/link−Template:Chem/linkC− | No longer recommended[3] | 2-methylbutan-2-yl (aka 1,1-dimethylpropyl)[3] | [4] |
| neopentyl | Template:Chem/linkC−Template:Chem/link− | No longer recommended[3] | 2,2-dimethylpropyl[3] | [5] |
| isopentyl, amyl, isoamyl | Template:Chem/linkCH−Template:Chem/link− | No longer recommended[3] | 3-methylbutyl[3] | [6] |
| sec-pentyl | Template:Chem/link−Template:Chem/link−(Template:Chem/link−)CH− | pentan-2-yl[7](or (1-methylbutyl)) | [8] | |
| 3-pentyl | Template:Chem/linkCH− | pentan-3-yl (also known as 1-ethylpropyl) | [9] | |
| sec-isopentyl | Template:Chem/linkTemplate:Chem/link−Template:Chem/linkCH− | 3-methylbutan-2-yl (or 1,2-dimethylpropyl) | ||
| active pentyl | Template:Chem/link−Template:Chem/link−(Template:Chem/link−)CH−Template:Chem/link− | 2-methylbutyl |
Pentyl radical
The free radical pentyl was studied by J. Pacansky and A. Gutierrez in 1983.[1] The radical was obtained by exposing bishexanoyl peroxide trapped in frozen argon to ultraviolet light, that caused its decomposition into two carbon dioxide (Template:Chem/link) molecules and two pentyl radicals.
Examples
- Pentanol
- Pentyl pentanoate
- Amylamine
- Amyl acetate
- Amyl alcohol
- Amylmetacresol
- Isoamyl acetate
- Isoamyl alcohol
References
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- ↑ a b J. Pacansky , A. Gutierrez (1983), "Infrared spectra of the n-butyl and n-pentyl radicals". Journal of Physical Chemistry volume 87, issue 16, pages 3074–3079Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
- ↑ n-pentyl nitrite, described as "a nitrite ester having n-pentyl as the alkyl group." Accessed on 2013-02-21
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- ↑ NCBI, tert-pentyl alcohol in PubChem. Accessed on 2013-02-21
- ↑ neopentyl at CHEBI. Accessed on 2013-02-21
- ↑ isopentyl group at CHEBI. Accessed on 2013-02-21
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- ↑ Pentobarbital at CHEBI, described as "Barbituric acid substituted at C-5 by ethyl and sec-pentyl groups". Accessed on 2013-02-21
- ↑ Pentan-3-yl group at CHEBI. Accessed on 2013-02-21
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