Formic acid, pentyl ester

• Formula: C₆H₁₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 116.1583
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-2-3-4-5-8-6-7/h6H,2-5H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DIQMPQMYFZXDAX-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 638-49-3
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• Other names: n-Pentyl formate; Amyl formate; Pentyl formate; n-Amyl formate; n-Pentyl methanoate; UN 1109
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References

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Nayanov, Zorin, et al., 1976
Nayanov, V.P.; Zorin, V.V.; Zlotskii, S.S.; Rakhmankulov, D.L., Identification of Cyclic Acetates and Isomeric Esters by Gas-Liquid Chromatography, Zh. Prikl. Khim. (Leningrad), 1976, 49, 2350. [all data]

Timmermans and Hennaut-Roland, 1959
Timmermans, J.; Hennaut-Roland, M., Work of the International Bureau of Physico-Chemical Properties physical constants of twenty organic compounds, J. Chim. Phys. Phys.-Chim. Biol., 1959, 56, 984-1023. [all data]

Hannotte, 1926
Hannotte, T., Azeotropic Properties of Formic Ethers and Acetates of Saturated Aliphatic Alcohols, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1926, 35, 86. [all data]

Smith and Boord, 1926
Smith, A.W.; Boord, C.E., Infra-Red Absorption in Ethers, Esters, and Related Substances, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1512. [all data]

Lievens, 1924
Lievens, G., The freezing point of organic substances: viii esters containing a normal c(5) radical, Bull. Soc. Chim. Belg., 1924, 33, 122-131. [all data]

Homfray and Guye, 1903
Homfray, I.F.; Guye, P.A., Surface Tension and Molecular COmplexity in as Active Homologous Series, J. Chim. Phys., 1903, 1, 505-44. [all data]

Gartenmeister, 1886
Gartenmeister, R., Investigation of the physical characterstics of liquid compounds: vi boiling point and specific volume of normal fatty acid esters, Justus Liebigs Ann. Chem., 1886, 233, 249-315. [all data]

Notes

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