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What is a covalent compound with penta in it?

Dong-Yoon Lee  Follow

Probably the simplest is pentane.

There’s also cyclopentane.

And pentachloroethane.

There are many more.

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Char Covelesky  Follow

“Penta” is a prefix used in chemical nomenclature to indicate that there are 5 atoms of something in a compound. For example, phosphorus pentachloride is a phosphorus compound that has 5 chlorine atoms bonded to a phosphorus atom - PCl5.

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