Pentanol amyl alcohol and isomers thereof

Pentanol (amyl alcohol) and isomers thereof

Pentanol (amyl alcohol) and isomers thereof

Preferred hydroxy compounds are 2-methyl-2-hexanol, 2-methyl-2-heptanol, 2-methyl-3-heptanol, 2-methyl-2-pentanol, 2-methyl-3-hexanol, 3-methyl-2-pentanol, 2-methyl-1-pentanol.

Examples of especially preferred cocatalysts are pentanol and n-valeric acid.

Disclosed herein are fuels and/or fuel additives comprising butanol and pentanol.

The invention relates to the production of pentanol through recombinant gene expression and metabolic engineering.

Add 2 ml of 2-methyl-1-butanol or 1-pentanol to the test tube.

The C1-C5 mixed alcohols contain more ethanol than methanol with declining amounts of propanol, butanol and pentanol.

In one aspect, the attractants provide an effective attractant amount of vapor of 3-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-pentanol or mixtures thereof.

Method for purifying MPG from a fermentation broth comprising extraction of MPG with a solvent comprising 1-butanol, 1-pentanol, heptanol and /or hexanol.

A low-cost and efficient industrial process for producing (S)-2-pentanol, (S)-2-hexanol, 1-methylalkylmalonic acid and 3-methylcarboxylic acid with high optical purity.

A composition containing undecane, hexanal, 1-pentanol, decane, and 2-pentylfuran is an effective attractant for adult female Indian meal moths (Plodia interpunctella).

The present invention relates to a method of enantioselective enzymatic reduction of keto compounds which is carried out in two-phase regime and which for coenzyme regeneration uses 4-methyl-2-pentanol, 5-methyl-2-hexanol and/or 2-heptanol.

For instance, any one pair of CH2 hydrogens in 3-pentanol (Figure 1) are diastereotopic, as the two CH2 carbons are enantiotopic.