Molecule record

PENTANAL

C5H10O

86.13 g/mol

2D structure for PENTANAL

Molecular properties

Formula
C5H10O
Molar mass
86.13 g·mol−1
Exact mass
86.0732 Da
1
0
1
17.10 Ų
1.1 (PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptor)
CAS
110-62-3
PubChem CID
8063

Interactions

Polarity
Polar functional group with nonpolar contribution from the carbon skeleton.
Acid-base behavior
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Intermolecular forces
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Functional groups

Aldehyde

Physical properties

PropertyValueConditionsSource
Logp1.1PubChem computed XLogP3-AA descriptorPubChem(link only)

Common names and synonyms

  • 110-62-3
  • Amyl aldehyde
  • Amylaldehyde
  • B975S3014W
  • Butyl formal
  • CHEBI:84069
  • DTXCID001653
  • DTXSID7021653
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  • FEMA No. 3098
  • FEMA Number 3098
  • NSC-35404
  • RefChem:52381
  • Valeral
  • Valeraldehyde
  • Valerianic aldehyde
  • Valeric acid aldehyde
  • Valeric aldehyde
  • Valeryl aldehyde
  • Valerylaldehyde
  • n-Pentanal
  • n-Valeraldehyde
  • n-Valeric aldehyde

Structure identifiers

Canonical SMILES
CCCCC=O
Isomeric SMILES
CCCCC=O
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O/c1-2-3-4-5-6/h5H,2-4H2,1H3
InChIKey
HGBOYTHUEUWSSQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem CID
8063

Spectroscopy

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Simulated FTIR trace

Predicted FTIR / %T

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Peak assignments

1725 cm−1C=O aldehyde (simulated)
2720 cm−1aldehyde C-H (simulated)
2960 cm−1sp3 C-H (simulated)

Simulated NMR

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

Simulated EI mass spectrum

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

Sources

Molecule identity

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simulated IR

ChemForge original educational simulation.

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