Pentamethylene \Pen`ta*meth"yl*ene\, n. [Penta- + methylene.] (Chem.) A hypothetical hydrocarbon, {C5H10}, metameric with the amylenes, and the nucleus of a large number of derivatives; -- so named because regarded as composed of five methylene residues. Cf. {Trimethylene}, and {Tetramethylene}. [1913 Webster]
Amylene \Am"y*lene\, n. (Chem.) One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, {C5H10}, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group. [1913 Webster]