2-Pentyne, an organic compound with the formula CH3CH2C≡CCH3 and is an internal alkyne. It is an isomer of 1-pentyne, a terminal alkyne.

Synthesis
2-Pentyne can be synthesized by the rearrangement 1-pentyne in a solution of ethanolic potassium hydroxide or NaNH2/NH3.[1]
References
- ^ Victor von Richter and Hans Meerwein (1916). Organic Chemistry: Chemistry of the aliphatic series Vol. I: Smith's 3rd American Ed. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Sons & Co. p. 89.
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