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2-cyclopentenone
Sign in to save2-Cyclopentenone is the organic compound with the chemical formula . 2-Cyclopentenone contains two functional groups, a ketone and an alkene. It is a colorless liquid. Its isomer, 3-cyclopentenone is less commonly encountered.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H6O
- Molecular weight
- 82.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- cyclopent-2-en-1-one
- SMILES
- C1CC(=O)C=C1
- InChIKey
- BZKFMUIJRXWWQK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.5
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
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Research
99 papers- Thermal Decomposition of 2-Cyclopentenone.The journal of physical chemistry. A · 2024
- Synthesis of 2,3,4-Trisubstituted 2-Cyclopentenones via Sequential Functionalization of 2-Cyclopentenone.The Journal of organic chemistry · 2021
- Synthesis of 5-Hydrazino-2-cyclopentenone Derivatives by a Gold(I)-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization/Hetero-Diels-Alder/Ring-Opening Tandem Reaction of Enynyl Acetates.The Journal of organic chemistry · 2023
- 4-Hydroxy-2-cyclopentenone: an anti-Pseudomonas and cytotoxic component from Passiflora tetrandra.Planta medica · 1991
- Asymmetric Inverse-Electron-Demand Oxa-Diels-Alder Reaction with Morita-Baylis-Hillman Carbonates of 2-Cyclopentenone via a Palladium-Catalyzed Umpolung Strategy.The Journal of organic chemistry · 2023
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 82.042
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- chemical formula
- C₅H₆O
- canonical SMILES
- C1CC(=O)C=C1
- Commons category
- 2-Cyclopenten-1-one
- found in taxon
- Perilla frutescens
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Synthesis
- Reactions
- Occurrence
- Related compounds
- References
2-Cyclopentenone is the organic compound with the chemical formula . 2-Cyclopentenone contains two functional groups, a ketone and an alkene. It is a colorless liquid. Its isomer, 3-cyclopentenone is less commonly encountered.
The term cyclopentenone may also refer to a structural motif wherein the cyclopentenone moiety is a subunit of a larger molecule. Cyclopentenones are found in a large number of natural products, including jasmone, the aflatoxins, and several prostaglandins.
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