Whats isoamyl???

[chemstudent123]

Hi i have a quick question i'm supposed to show how isoamyl propanoate is fromed. I know that this is esterification and that one of the reactants is propanoic acid but i don't know what the alcohol isoamyl is? I tried searching on google and all i get is test questions:mad: Plz help

[chemstudent123]

o wiat i think i found something, is it another name for pentanol? (C5H11)

[Astronuc]

n-amyl alcohol = pentan-1-ol

iso-amyl alcohol = isopentyl alcohol, 3-methyl-1-butanol
(CH3)2CHCH2CH2OH

both are C5H12O

http://www.chemicalland21.com/specialtychem/perchem/ISO-AMYL%20ALCOHOL.htm

This might be of interest -http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtTxtJml/alcohol1.htm#alcnom

and

http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtTxtJml/alcohol2.htm#alcrx4

[chemstudent123]

Are you sure it isn't 1-methyl-1-butanol, i checked the link but it doesn't seem right

[chemstudent123]

doesn't isopentyl mean that the OH group is attached to the second Carbon, so how would you get 3-methyl-1-butanol. If that is right (3-methyl-1-butanol) then would isoamyl propanoate be the same as 3-methylbutyl propanoate?