What are the molecular formula, the structural formula, the condensed structural formula, and the abbreviated line formula for pentane?
1 Answer
Feb 4, 2015
The name pentane can be used for any of the three structural isomers that share the molecular formula
The molecular formula of pentane, or n-pentane, is
The structural formula will be
The condensed structural formula will be
The skeletal structure, also called bond-line notation, for n-pentane will be
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Pentane's two other isomers are called isopentane (or 2-methylbutane)
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and neopentane (or 2,2-dimethylpropane)
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