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M39407

Methylcyclopentane

97%

Synonym(s):

Methycyclopentane

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Linear Formula:
C5H9CH3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
84.16
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
202-503-2
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1900214
MDL number:
Assay:
97%
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InChI key

GDOPTJXRTPNYNR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

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

SMILES string

CC1CCCC1

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.)

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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.

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pictograms

FlameHealth hazard

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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Asp. Tox. 1 - Flam. Liq. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

1.4 °F

flash_point_c

-17 °C

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

Regulatory Information

危险化学品
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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)
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)
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)
Determination of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in crude oil, such as super volatile organic compounds (super VOCs) and simple polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), is vital for targeting crude oil spill spots. In this study, a static headspace gas chromatography flame
Michael H Abraham et al.
European journal of medicinal chemistry, 43(3), 478-485 (2007-06-05)
Values of in vitro gas to lung partition coefficients, K(lung), of VOCs have been collected from the literature. For 44 VOCs, application of the Abraham solvation equation to log K(lung) yielded a correlation with R(2)=0.968 and S.D.=0.25 log units. Combination

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