1-Pentanol

• Formula: C₅H₁₂O
• Molecular weight: 88.1482
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H12O/c1-2-3-4-5-6/h6H,2-5H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: AMQJEAYHLZJPGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 71-41-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Pentyl alcohol; n-Amyl alcohol; n-Butylcarbinol; n-Pentan-1-ol; n-Pentanol; n-Pentyl alcohol; Amyl alcohol; Amylol; Pentanol; 1-Pentyl alcohol; n-C5H11OH; Pentan-1-ol; Pentanol-1; Pentasol; n-Amylalkohol; Alcool amylique; Amyl alcohol, n-; Amyl alcohol, normal; Primary amyl alcohol; UN 1105; 1-Pentol; Primary-N-amyl alcohol; Butyl carbinol; NSC 5707
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
GT - Glushko Thermocenter, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Constant pressure heat capacity of gas

Reaction thermochemistry data

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B - John E. Bartmess
M - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner) and Sharon G. Lias
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₅H₁₁O^- +  =

By formula: C₅H₁₁O^- + H⁺ = C₅H₁₂O

C₃H₉Si⁺ +  = (C₃H₉Si⁺ • )

By formula: C₃H₉Si⁺ + C₅H₁₂O = (C₃H₉Si⁺ • C₅H₁₂O)

Free energy of reaction

(C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 4) +  = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 5)

By formula: (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 4C₅H₁₂O) + C₅H₁₂O = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 5C₅H₁₂O)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

Free energy of reaction

(C₅H₁₃O⁺ • ) +  = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 2)

By formula: (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • C₅H₁₂O) + C₅H₁₂O = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 2C₅H₁₂O)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

Free energy of reaction

(C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 2) +  = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 3)

By formula: (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 2C₅H₁₂O) + C₅H₁₂O = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 3C₅H₁₂O)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

(C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 3) +  = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 4)

By formula: (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 3C₅H₁₂O) + C₅H₁₂O = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 4C₅H₁₂O)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

=  + 

By formula: C₅H₁₂O = C₅H₁₀O + H₂

Gas phase ion energetics data

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B - John E. Bartmess
MM - Michael M. Meot-Ner (Mautner)
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman

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Proton affinity at 298K

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₅H₁₁O^- +  =

By formula: C₅H₁₁O^- + H⁺ = C₅H₁₂O

Ion clustering data

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Clustering reactions

C₃H₉Si⁺ +  = (C₃H₉Si⁺ • )

By formula: C₃H₉Si⁺ + C₅H₁₂O = (C₃H₉Si⁺ • C₅H₁₂O)

Free energy of reaction

(C₅H₁₃O⁺ • ) +  = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 2)

By formula: (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • C₅H₁₂O) + C₅H₁₂O = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 2C₅H₁₂O)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

Free energy of reaction

(C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 2) +  = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 3)

By formula: (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 2C₅H₁₂O) + C₅H₁₂O = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 3C₅H₁₂O)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

(C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 3) +  = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 4)

By formula: (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 3C₅H₁₂O) + C₅H₁₂O = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 4C₅H₁₂O)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

(C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 4) +  = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 5)

By formula: (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 4C₅H₁₂O) + C₅H₁₂O = (C₅H₁₃O⁺ • 5C₅H₁₂O)

Bond type: Hydrogen bonds of the type OH-O between organics

Free energy of reaction

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Counsell J.F., 1968
Counsell J.F., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. Part XIX. Low-temperature heat capacity and entropy of propan-1-ol, 2-methylpropan-1-ol, and pentan-1-ol, J. Chem. Soc. A, 1968, 1819-1823. [all data]

Stromsoe E., 1970
Stromsoe E., Heat capacity of alcohol vapors at atmospheric pressure, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1970, 15, 286-290. [all data]

Counsell J.F., 1970
Counsell J.F., Thermodynamic properties of organic oxygen compounds. 24. Vapor heat capacities and enthalpies of vaporization of ethanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol, and 1-pentanol, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1970, 2, 367-372. [all data]

Higgins and Bartmess, 1998
Higgins, P.R.; Bartmess, J.E., The Gas Phase Acidities of Long Chain Alcohols., Int. J. Mass Spectrom., 1998, 175, 1-2, 71-79, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1176(98)00125-6 . [all data]

Haas and Harrison, 1993
Haas, M.J.; Harrison, A.G., The Fragmentation of Proton-Bound Cluster Ions and the Gas-Phase Acidities of Alcohols, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Proc., 1993, 124, 2, 115, https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-1176(93)80003-W . [all data]

Boand, Houriet, et al., 1983
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Wojtyniak and Stone, 1986
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Connett, 1970
Connett, J.E., Chemical equilibria. Part III. Dehydrogenation of pentan-1-ol, pentan-2-ol, and 3-methylbutan-2-ol, J. Chem. Soc. A, 1970, 1284-1286. [all data]

Holmes, Aubry, et al., 1999
Holmes, J.L.; Aubry, C.; Mayer, P.M., Proton affinities of primary alkanols: An appraisal of the kinetic method, J. Phys. Chem. A, 1999, 103, 705. [all data]

Ashmore and Burgess, 1977
Ashmore, F.S.; Burgess, A.R., Study of Some Medium Size Alcohols and Hydroperoxides by Photoelectron Spectroscopy, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 2, 1977, 73, 1247. [all data]

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Peel, J.B.; Willett, G.D., Photoelectron spectroscopic studies of the higher alcohols, Aust. J. Chem., 1975, 28, 2357. [all data]

Harnish, Holmes, et al., 1990
Harnish, D.; Holmes, J.L.; Lossing, F.P.; Mommers, A.A.; Maccoll, A.; Mruzek, M.N., Assigining structures to isomeric [C₅H₁₀]⁺ Ions: the generation of ionized ethylcyclopropane from pentan-1-ol and 1-chloropentane, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1990, 25, 381. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  Cp,gas	Constant pressure heat capacity of gas
  S°gas	Entropy of gas at standard conditions
  T	Temperature
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrS°	Entropy of reaction at standard conditions

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