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pentanol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pen-tanol
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several isomers of the alcohol C₅H₁₁OH; the principal constituents of fusel oil.

Example Sentences

  • "pentan-1-ol"
  • "pentan-2-ol"
  • "pentan-3-ol"
  • "2-methylbutan-1-ol"
  • "3-methylbutan-1-ol"
  • "3-methylbutan-2-ol (2 stereoisomers)"

Etymology

From pentane + -ol?

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pentanols (plural)

Derived Forms

isopentanol

Synonyms

amyl alcohol pentyl alcohol

Questions

What does pentanol mean?
Any of several isomers of the alcohol C₅H₁₁OH; the principal constituents of fusel oil.
Where does pentanol come from?
From pentane + -ol?

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