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Pentyl butyrate

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Formula
  
C9H18O2

Boiling point
  
186 °C

Melting point
  
-73.2 °C

Molar mass
  
158.24 g/mol

Density
  
860 kg/m³

Ethyl pentanoate, also commonly known as ethyl valerate, is an organic compound used in flavors, it has lines connecting the O in the middle and on right.


Similar
  
Amyl acetate, Ethyl butyrate, Methyl butyrate

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Pentyl butyrate, also known as pentyl butanoate or amyl butyrate, is an ester that is formed when pentanol is reacted with butyric acid, usually in the presence of sulfuric acid as a catalyst. This ester has a smell reminiscent of pear or apricot. This chemical is used as an additive in cigarettes.

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Pentyl butyrate has a characteristic taste of plums and apricots. This chemical is used as an additive in tobacco. It has lines connecting the C to O and O to CH3.

Pentyl Butyrate, H3C is connected to H2C, then C is connected to O, then O is connected to H2C, then C H2 is connected to, H2C and CH2 are connected to CH3.

Chemical structure of heptyl acetate which connects O to O.

Pentyl Butyrate is connecting two O’s with lines.

Amyl acetate (also pentyl ethanoate, and pentyl acetate) is an organic compound and an ester with the chemical formula CH3COO(CH2)4CH3. It connects H to H, C, H, then O to C, and from O it is connected to H, C, and H until it reaches the last H on right.

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