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Methylcyclopentane

97%

Synonym(s):

Methycyclopentane

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Linear Formula:
C5H9CH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
84.16
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1900214
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor pressure

232.8 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)

assay

97%

autoignition temp.

624 °F

expl. lim.

8.35 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.409 (lit.)

bp

72 °C (lit.)

mp

−142 °C (lit.)

density

0.749 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC1CCCC1

InChI

1S/C6H12/c1-6-4-2-3-5-6/h6H,2-5H2,1H3

InChI key

GDOPTJXRTPNYNR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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application

Methylcyclopentane can undergo ring opening or ring enlargement to yield various hydrocarbons including branched and unbranched hexanes, cyclohexane and benzene.

pictograms

FlameHealth hazard

signalword

Danger

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Asp. Tox. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 3

flash_point_f

1.4 °F

flash_point_c

-17 °C

ppe

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Effect of acidic properties of mesoporous zeolites supporting pt nanoparticles on hydrogenative conversion of methylcyclopentane.
Na, Kyungsu et al.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 136(49), 17207-17212 (2014)
Size and shape dependence on Pt nanoparticles for the methylcyclopentane/hydrogen ring opening/ring enlargement reaction.
Alayoglu, S et al.
Catalysis Letters, 141(7), 914-924 (2011)
Ring-opening reactions of methylcyclopentane over metal catalysts, M= Pt, Rh, Ir, and Pd: A mechanistic study from first-principles calculations.
Zhao, Zhi-Jian et al.
ACS Catalysis, 3(2), 196-205 (2013)
Haijing Wang et al.
Journal of chromatographic science, 53(5), 647-654 (2014-09-17)
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