pentanoxymethyl

English

Noun

pentanoxymethyl (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An alkoxymethyl radical in which R is a pentyl group
   • 2015 December 8, “Gemini Surfactants Based on Bis-Imidazolium Alkoxy Derivatives as Effective Agents for Delivery of Nucleic Acids: A Structural and Spectroscopic Study”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Surfactants differ in the length of alkoxymethyl side chains, ranging from pentanoxymethyl to hexadecyloxymethyl, as indicated by their designations (C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C11, C12, C14 and C16).