Cyclopentane is a awful combustible alicyclic hydrocarbon with actinic
blueprint C5H10 and CAS amount 287-92-3, consisting of a ring of 5 carbon atoms
anniversary affirmed with two hydrogen atoms aloft and beneath the plane. It
occurs as a achromatic aqueous with a petrol-like odor. Its melting point is −94 °C and its
baking point is 49 °C. Cyclopentane is in the chic of
cycloalkanes, getting alkanes that accept one or added rings of carbon atoms.
It is formed by arise cyclohexane in the attendance of alumina at a top
temperature and pressure.
It was aboriginal able in 1893 by the German chemist Johannes Wislicenus.
Cyclopentane is acclimated in the accomplish of constructed resins and
elastic adhesives and aswell as a alarming abettor in the accomplish of
polyurethane careful foam, as begin in abounding calm accessories such as
refrigerators and freezers, replacing environmentally damaging alternatives
such as CFC-11 and HCFC-141b
Multiply alkylated cyclopentane (MAC) lubricants accept low animation and
are acclimated in some specialty applications.
The United States produces added than bisected a actor kilograms of this
actinic per year.