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  • adjective Relating to or being a hydrocarbon unit, C5H11, that can occur as a substituent in an organic compound or as an ion or radical. Several isomeric forms are possible.

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  • noun (Chem.) The hypothetical radical, C5H11, of pentane and certain of its derivatives. Same as amyl.

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  • noun organic chemistry Either of several isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C5H11, formally derived from pentane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.

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  • I'm not even remotely familiar with chemistry... but here's what I found: Amyl acetate also pentyl ethanoate, pentyl acetate is an organic compound and an ester with the chemical formula CH3COOC5H11 and the molecular weight 130.18 g/mol.

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  • Ticagrelor (BRILINTA (TM)) is an investigational oral antiplatelet treatment for ACS and the first in a new chemical class, the CPTPs (cyclo-pentyl-triazolo-pyrimidines).

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  • Ticagrelor (BRILINTA (TM)) is an investigational oral antiplatelet treatment for ACS and the first in a new chemical class, the CPTPs (cyclo-pentyl-triazolo-pyrimidines).

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Ticagrelor (BRILINTA (TM)) is an investigational oral antiplatelet treatment for ACS and the first in a new chemical class, the CPTPs (cyclo-pentyl-triazolo-pyrimidines).

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Pinus, which heptane yielded primary heptyl-alcohol, and methyl-pentyl-carbinol, exactly as the heptane obtained from petroleum does (_Annalen de Chemie_, ccxvii., 139, and clxxxviii., 249; and

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 443, June 28, 1884 Various

  • [21]) [21] P (R) - dithiane sulfoxide + NADP+ + H2 O [21] S methyl pentyl sulfide + NADPH + O2

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