Chemical Properties
Annual: <1.00 lb
Chemical Properties
Colorless liquid
Uses
Cyclopentanethiol has used as a food spice. It is a pharmaceutical intermediate.
Preparation
From cyclopentyl bromide and potassium hydrosulfide; by treating cycloalkanone dimethyl dithioacetals with four equivalents
of an alkaline metal; from cyclopentyl naphthyl sulfide and an aluminosilicate catalyst.
Definition
ChEBI: Cyclopentanethiol is an alkanethiol.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 2 ppm: alliaceous, onion, garlic, horseradish, meat, egg, burned, vegetable, celery.
Safety Profile
A human poison. A
flammable liquid. When heated to
decomposition it emits toxic vapors of SOx
