a colourless flammable liquid alkene having several straight-chained isomeric forms, used in the manufacture of organic compounds. Formula: C5H10
Also called: amylene, pentylene
pentene in American English
(ˈpɛnˌtin)
noun
amylene
Examples of 'pentene' in a sentence
pentene
These values were 31.90% and 23.33% for 2- pentene-2-methyl, respectively.
Nagesh Simhadri, Muthuchamy Muniappan, Iyanar Kannan, Subramanyam Viswanathan 2017, 'Phytochemical analysis and docking study of compounds present in a polyherbal preparationused in the treatment of dermatophytosis', Current Medical Mycologyhttp://cmm.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-217-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Olefins like butene and pentene appeared as the products of secondary reactions.
Ahmed Belhakem, Abdelkader Bengueddach 2006, 'Cumene cracking on modified mesoporous material type MCM-41', Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopiahttp://www.ajol.info/index.php/bcse/article/view/21148. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For other co-monomers the activity of the catalyst decreases as follows: propylene >1-butene > 1-pentene >> 1-hexene.
Z. Wieczorek, D. Jamanek, K. Nicinski, W. Skupinski 2005, 'Homo-polymerization of α-Olefins and Co-polymerization of Higher α-Olefins withEthylene in the Presence of CpTiCl2(OC6H4X-p)/MAO Catalysts (X = CH3, Cl)', Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/10/6/659/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This paper discusses the fabrication and characterization of electrospun nanofiber mats made up of poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) polymer.
Sarfaraz U. Patel, Gabriel M. Manzo, Shagufta U. Patel, Prashant S. Kulkarni, GeorgeG. Chase 2012, 'Permeability of Electrospun Superhydrophobic Nanofiber Mats', Journal of Nanotechnologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/483976. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)