2-Methyl-1-butanol

An alcohol, C5H12O, 88.15 g/mol. Boiling point 128 °C @ 760 MM HG, melting point LESS THAN -70 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₅H₁₂O
Molecular weight: 88.15 g/mol
Exact mass: 88.088815 g/mol
IUPAC name: 2-methylbutan-1-ol
SMILES: CCC(C)CO
InChI: InChI=1S/C5H12O/c1-3-5(2)4-6/h5-6H,3-4H2,1-2H3
InChIKey: QPRQEDXDYOZYLA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 128 °C @ 760 MM HGmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 128.00 to 130.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hgmeasured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Melting Point: FREEZING POINT: LESS THAN -70 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density: 0.816 @ 20 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); Relative density (water = 1): 0.8measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Solubility: MISCIBLE WITH ALC & ETHERmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); Sol in acetonemeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 3.12 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases; 3.13 mm Hg at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
LogP: log Kow= 1.29 (measured)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 1.290measured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Flash Point: 50 °Cmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases; 122 °F (50 °C) (OPEN CUP)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Refractive Index: INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.4102 @ 20 °C/D /1-Butanol, 2-methyl (d)/measured · Weast, R.C. (ed.) Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 69th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc., 1988-1989., p. C-168; 1.409-1.412measured · reference compound database

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 88.15 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 88.088815002 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 1.2calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 20.2 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 27calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 1calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 1calculated · reference compound database
logP: 1.0248calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 20.23 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 26.5408 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.5341calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

C Carbon5 atoms · 68.1% by mass
O Oxygen1 atom · 18.1% by mass
H Hydrogen12 atoms · 13.7% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 6
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 18
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 1
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Alcohol
An –OH group on a saturated carbon.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves 2-Methyl-1-butanol yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is 2-methylbutan-1-ol.

The sources also call it 2-Methylbutan-1-ol, Active amyl alcohol, sec-Butylcarbinol, 2-Methylbutanol, 1-Butanol, 2-methyl-, 2-Methylbutyl alcohol, 2-Methyl-n-butanol, Primary active amyl alcohol, 2-Methyl butanol-1, Active primary amyl alcohol, dl-sec-Butyl carbinol.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to 2-Methyl-1-butanol has a page here yet.

Where these values came from

reference compound database8723
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.