pentamethylene

[ pen-tuh-meth-uh-leen ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. cyclopentane.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pentamethylene¹

penta- + methylene

Example Sentences

The branching sites in dC5 molecules can only be accommodated at channel intersections, whose centre-to-centre separations are about 10 Å, while the distance between the two N atoms of dC5 is roughly 7.6 Å in the all-trans conformation of the pentamethylene chain.

From Nature

The branching sites in dC5 molecules can only be accommodated at channel intersections, whose centre-to-centre separations are about 10 Å, while the distance between the two N atoms of dC5 is roughly 7.6 Å in the all-trans conformation of the pentamethylene chain.

From Nature