Organic solvent

• Compound used as a lab solvent
• It's named for its five carbon atoms
• Compound found in lab solvents
• Petroleum hydrocarbon
• Bottled gas
• Compound with five carbon atoms

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Pentane is an organic compound with the formula CH — that is, an alkane with five carbon atoms. The term may refer to any of three structural isomers , or to a mixture of them: in the IUPAC nomenclature, however, pentane means exclusively the n -pentane ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pentane \Pen"tane\, n. [See Penta- .] (Chem.) Any one of the three metameric hydrocarbons, C5H12 , of the methane or paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, two of which occur in petroleum. So called because of the five carbon atoms in the ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C 5 H 12 ; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methyl-butane (isopentane), and di-methyl-propane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.