Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Eupione or eupion is a hydrocarbon of the paraffin series probably a pentane C5H12 discovered by Carl Reichenbach in wood tar. It is also formed in the destructive distillation of many substances as wood coal caoutchouc bones resin and the fixed oils. It is a colorless highly volatile and inflammable liquid having at 20°C a specific gravity of 0.65.