Molecule record

PENTANE

C5H12

72.15 g/mol

2D structure for PENTANE

Molecular properties

Formula
C5H12
Molar mass
72.15 g·mol−1
Exact mass
72.0939 Da
0
0
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0.00 Ų
3.4 (PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptor)
CAS
109-66-0
PubChem CID
8003

Interactions

Polarity
Often weakly polar or nonpolar unless other structural features dominate.
Acid-base behavior
Review ionizable groups and pKa data where available; ChemForge does not infer definitive acid-base state from identity alone.
Intermolecular forces
Assess dispersion, dipole interactions, hydrogen bonding, and ionic character from the functional groups shown.

Functional groups

No functional-group assignment has been curated yet.

Physical properties

PropertyValueConditionsSource
Logp3.4PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptorPubChem(link only)

Common names and synonyms

  • 109-66-0
  • 203-692-4
  • 4FEX897A91
  • Amyl hydride
  • CHEBI:37830
  • DTXCID705846
  • DTXSID2025846
  • MFCD00009498
Show all 22 synonyms
  • NSC 72415
  • NSC-72415
  • Normal Pentane
  • Pentan
  • Pentanen
  • Pentanes
  • Pentani
  • RefChem:6667
  • Skellysolve A
  • Tetrafume
  • Tetrakil
  • Tetraspot
  • n-Pentane
  • npentane

Structure identifiers

Canonical SMILES
CCCCC
Isomeric SMILES
CCCCC
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H12/c1-3-5-4-2/h3-5H2,1-2H3
InChIKey
OFBQJSOFQDEBGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem CID
8003

Spectroscopy

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Open library
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Simulated NMR

On-demand educational prediction for PENTANE; not experimental data.

Simulated EI mass spectrum

On-demand educational fragmentation for PENTANE; not experimental data.

Sources

Molecule identity

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Open source record