pentyl


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pen·tyl

 (pĕn′təl)
adj.
Relating to or being a hydrocarbon unit, C5H11, that can occur as a substituent in an organic compound or as an ion or radical. Several isomeric forms are possible.
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pentyl

(ˈpɛntaɪl; -tɪl)
n
(Chemistry) (modifier) of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group CH3CH2CH2CH2CH2-: a pentyl group or radical.
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am•yl

(ˈæm ɪl, ˈeɪ mɪl)

n.
any of several univalent, isomeric groups with the formula C5H11. Also called pentyl .
[1840–50; < Greek ámyl(on) starch (see amylo-) + -yl, with haplology of am(yl)-yl]
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Translations
pentile
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The pentyl valerate and ethyl valerate esters of 3-methyl valeric acid are used as a food additive in the synthetic flavoring substances and adjuvant owing to its fruity flavors.
The O-alkyl (2-18) derivatives were obtained in high yields on refluxing a solution of 1 in 4% methanolicNaOH with alkyl halides (ethyl bromide, butyl bromide, isobutyl bromide, pentyl bromide, hexyl bromide, heptyl chloride, octyl bromide, nonyl chloride, decyl chloride, allyl bromide, benzyl chloride, 2-iodobenzyl bromide, 3-iodobenzyl bromide, 4-iodobenzyl bromide, 2-nitrobenzyl bromide, 3-nitrobenzyl bromide and 4-nitrobenzyl bromide) and work up.
mono(2-ethylhexyl) ester 5 Anthracene 6 Acenaphthene 7 1,3-Dimethyl-benzene 8 Dimethyl phthalate 9 1 -Methylene-1H-indene 10 Acetic acid, l-methylpropyl ester 11 Decanal 12 Methyl cyclohexane 13 Pentadecane 14 2-Methyl-4-methylene-hexane 15 Nonanal 16 Dibutyl phthalate 17 3-Methylheptane 18 Hexane 19 Oxalic acid, isohexyl pentyl ester 20 2-Methylcyclopentanone 21 2-Ethyl-1-hexanol Sample no.
Also based in the School of Chemistry is Dr Michael Webb, whose research focuses on a compound, called pentyl pantothenamide, first assessed in the 1970s.
Similarly, the Nacional cacao produced the highest levels of benzoic acid pentyl ester at day 2 but the levels were negligible after day 3 (Figure 5).
In one example, the anchoring component is trimethoxysilyl, where the linking component may be a pentyl group and the functional group may be an epoxy group.
All show a significant improvement over using no tail solvent at all, but aromatic 100 (Figure 5, dark blue line) did not enable as high of gloss above 4.5 mils DFT as compared with pentyl propionate or DIBK.
It is an ester with chemical name Ethanaminium N, N-diethyl N-methyl 2(3 methyl-1-oxo-2 phenyl pentyl) 13 bromide.
The biosynthetic pathways of the major cannabinoids with pentyl side chains (CBC, CBC, CBG, and THC) were established in the 1990s.