title: 3-Methyl-3-pentanol
text: # 3-Methyl-3-pentanol
  
  3-Methyl-3-pentanol (IUPAC name: 3-methylpentan-3-ol) is an organic chemical compound and a tertiary hexanol. It is used in the synthesis of the tranquilizer emylcamate, and has similar sedative and anticonvulsant actions itself.
  
  ## Synthesis
  
  It can be prepared by reacting ethylmagnesium bromide with methyl acetate in the so-called Grignard reaction using dried diethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran as solvent.
  
  It can be prepared also by reacting ethylmagnesium bromide with butanone in the same conditions already mentioned.
  
  