Cyclopentanethiol has used as a food spice. It is a pharmaceutical intermediate.
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.
ChEBI: Cyclopentanethiol is an alkanethiol.
Taste characteristics at 2 ppm: alliaceous, onion, garlic, horseradish, meat, egg, burned, vegetable, celery.
A human poison. A
flammable liquid. When heated to
decomposition it emits toxic vapors of SOx