5-Amino-1-pentanol is an amino alcohol with a primary amino group and a primary hydroxy group at the ends of a linear C5-alkanes. As a derivative of the platform chemical furfural (that is easily accessible from pentoses), 5-amino-1-pentanol may become increasingly important in the future as a building block for biodegradable polyesteramides and as a starting material for valerolactam — the monomer for polyamides.

5-Amino-1-pentanol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
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ECHA InfoCard 100.017.926 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 219-718-2
  • InChI=1S/C5H13NO/c6-4-2-1-3-5-7/h7H,1-6H2
    Key: LQGKDMHENBFVRC-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C(CCN)CCO
Properties
C5H13NO
Molar mass 103.16 g·mol−1
Density 0.9488 at 17 °C
Melting point 38.5 °C (101.3 °F; 311.6 K)
Boiling point 221.5 °C (430.7 °F; 494.6 K)
Hazards
GHS labelling:[1]
GHS05: CorrosiveGHS07: Exclamation mark
Danger
H302, H314
P260, P264, P264+P265, P270, P280, P301+P317, P301+P330+P331, P302+P361+P354, P304+P340, P305+P354+P338, P316, P317, P321, P330, P363, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Occurrence and preparation

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The complete hydrogenation of furfural (furan-2-aldehyde) yields tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (2-hydroxymethyltetrahydrofuran), which undergoes ring expansion upon dehydration to give dihydropyran. Dihydropyran reacts with ammonia in a reductive amination under ring opening to produce 5-amino-1-pentanol.[2]

 
synthesis of 5-amino-1-pentanol from dihydropyran

Product yields of up to 85% can be achieved with a continuous process using a nickel-hydrotalcite catalyst.

Similarly, the hemiacetal 2-hydroxytetrahydropyran[3] that is formed from dihydropyran with hydrochloric acid can be converted to 5-amino-1-pentanol by reductive amidation with ammonia and hydrogen upon water elimination.[4]

 
synthesis of 5-amino-1-pentanol from 2-hydroxytetrahydropyran

Properties

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5-Amino-1-pentanol forms white crystalline clumps at solidification temperatures around 35 °C, which dissolve in water, ethanol, and acetone.[5] The aqueous solution (500 g-l−1) reacts strongly alkaline (pH 13.2 at 20 °C).[6]

Reactions

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Amino alcohols such as 5-amino-1-pentanol have been studied for their suitability of absorption of carbon dioxide.[7][8]

5-Amino-1-pentanol dehydrates when heated over ytterbium(III) oxide (Yb2O3) to give 4-penten-1-amine (I). Also formed piperidine (II), 2,3,4,5-tetrahydropyridine (III), and 1-pentylamine (IV).[9]

 
dehydration of 5-amino-1-pentanol

Being bifunctional, 5-amino-1-pentanol reacts in a polycondensation reaction with esters of dicarboxylic acids (or their cyclic acid anhydrides, such as succinic anhydride) to give polyesteramides. These polymers have been investigated as biodegradable plastics, e.g. absorbable sutures.[10][11] During the reaction, the succinic anhydride reacts initially with the nucleophilic amino group to form an ω-hydroxycarboxylic acid, which is subsequently polycondensed with carbodiimides, such as the hydrochloride of 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimides (EDC-HCl).

 
polyesteramides with 5-amino-1-pentanol and succinic anhydride

In a dehydrogenation, catalyzed by rhodium and ruthenium complexes, valerolactam, the δ-lactam of 5-aminopentanoic acid, is formed from 5-amino-1-pentanol in high (94%) yield.[12][13]

 
valerolactam formation from 5-amino-1-pentanol

Valerolactam could be of relevance for polyamide 5. Polyamide 5 has garnered little attention so far but is of interest due to its ferroelectricity.[14]

References

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  1. ^ "5-Aminopentan-1-ol". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
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