cyclopentene
Also known as 1-cyclopentene
Cyclopentene is a chemical compound with the formula . It is a colorless liquid with a petrol-like odor. It has few applications, and thus is mainly used as a minor component of gasoline, present in concentrations of less than 1%. It is one of the principal cycloalkenes.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H8
- Molecular weight
- 68.12 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- cyclopentene
- SMILES
- C1CC=CC1
- InChIKey
- LPIQUOYDBNQMRZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.9
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Cyclopentene is a chemical compound with the formula . It is a colorless liquid with a petrol-like odor. It has few applications, and thus is mainly used as a minor component of gasoline, present in concentrations of less than 1%. It is one of the principal cycloalkenes.
==History and synthesis== Cyclopentene was first prepared by Carl Gärtner in 1893 from iodocyclopentane with potassium hydroxide. He named it pentamethenylene ().