1-Pentanethiol

• Formula: C₅H₁₂S
• Molecular weight: 104.214
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H12S/c1-2-3-4-5-6/h6H,2-5H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: ZRKMQKLGEQPLNS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 110-66-7
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• Other names: n-Amyl mercaptan; n-Pentyl mercaptan; Amyl hydrosulfide; Amyl mercaptan; Amyl sulfhydrate; Amyl thioalcohol; Pentane-1-thiol; Pentanethiol; Pentyl mercaptan; 1-Mercaptopentane; CH3(CH2)4SH; Mercaptan amylique; Pentalarm; 1-Pentanthiol; 1-Pentylthiol
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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UV/Visible spectrum

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Data compiled by: Victor Talrose, Eugeny B. Stern, Antonina A. Goncharova, Natalia A. Messineva, Natalia V. Trusova, Margarita V. Efimkina

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, polar column, isothermal

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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔfH°gas

  Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions

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