Pentan-3-ol
A secondary alcohol that is pentane substituted by a hydroxy group at position 3. It is produced by plants and is a component of emitted insect sex pheromones. — ChEBI
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Identity & molecular properties
Source-linked values| CAS number | 584-02-1 | ChEBI ↗ |
| Molecular formula | C5H12O | ChEBI ↗ |
| Molar mass | 88.15 g/mol | ChEBI ↗ |
| Monoisotopic mass | 88.08882 Da | ChEBI ↗ |
| Formal charge | 0 | ChEBI ↗ |
| ChEBI identifier | CHEBI:77519 | ChEBI ↗ |
Names & structural identifiers
Copy any identifierpentan-3-olpentan-3-olAQIXEPGDORPWBJ-UHFFFAOYSA-NCCC(O)CCInChI=1S/C5H12O/c1-3-5(6)4-2/h5-6H,3-4H2,1-2H3Classification & relationships
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Mass ↔ amount of substance
Calculated from sourced massUses 88.15 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.
Elemental composition
Theoretical mass fractionsCOHCalculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.
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Checked 27 Sep 2026Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0
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