Isoamyl Alcohol

An alcohol, C5H12O, 88.15 g/mol. Boiling point 132.5 °C, melting point -117.2 °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: 3-methylbutan-1-ol
SMILES: CC(C)CCO
InChI: InChI=1S/C5H12O/c1-5(2)3-4-6/h5-6H,3-4H2,1-2H3
InChIKey: PHTQWCKDNZKARW-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: 270 °F at 760 mmHg (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 132.5 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point: -179 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; -117.2 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density: 0.81 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 0.813 @ 15 °C/4 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: 2 % at 57 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; MISCIBLE WITH ALC, ETHER, BENZENE, CHLOROFORM, PETROLEUM ETHER, GLACIAL ACETIC ACID, OILSmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 28 mmHg (NIOSH, 2024)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 2.37 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
LogP: log Kow= 1.16measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB); 1.16measured · Human Metabolome Database (HMDB)
Flash Point: 114 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 43 °Cmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
Viscosity: 3.738 cP @ 25 °Cmeasured · Riddick, J.A., W.B. Bunger, Sakano T.K. Techniques of Chemistry 4th ed., Volume II. Organic Solvents. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons., 1985., p. 212; 4.67 mm²/s at 25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Refractive Index: INDEX OF REFRACTION: 1.4075 @ 20 °C/Dmeasured · The Merck Index. 9th ed. Rahway, New Jersey: Merck & Co., Inc., 1976., p. 682; 1.405 - 1.410measured · 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: 25calculated · 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: 0
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 Isoamyl Alcohol yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is 3-methylbutan-1-ol.

The sources also call it 3-Methyl-1-butanol, Isopentyl alcohol, 3-Methylbutan-1-ol, Isopentanol, 3-Methylbutanol, 1-Butanol, 3-methyl-, Isoamylol, Isobutylcarbinol, 2-Methyl-4-butanol, Isobutyl carbinol, Iso-amylalkohol.

Structurally related

Molecules sharing this formula, or whose fingerprint is at least 40% similar to this one. Similarity is Tanimoto on Morgan fingerprints over this library only — it is a measure of structural overlap, not of how alike they behave.

1,3-Butanediol

C4H10O2

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Isoamyl Alcohol. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

(7RS,8aSR)-7-(4-fluorophenoxy)methyl-1,2,3,4,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine

used as a reactant

C₁₄H₁₉FN₂O, 250.317 g/mol.

1,2-Dimethoxyethane

used as a reactant

C₄H₁₀O₂, 90.122 g/mol.

(7RS,8aSR)-7-(4-Fluorophenoxy)methyl-2-(5-chloropyridin-2-yl)-1,2,3,4,6,7,8,8a-octahydro-pyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazine

formed as a product

C₁₉H₂₁ClFN₃O, 361.848 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database31260
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.