3-戊醇可以用作： 通过与手性(S)-乳酸反应制备1-乙基丙基(R)-2-[4-(4′-4-烷氧基联苯基羰基氧基)-苯氧基]丙酸酯液晶的原料； 作为溶剂/还原剂以甲基三氧化铼为催化剂通过C4-C6糖醇的催化脱氧脱水反应生成线型多烯烃； 作为反应物与4-溴苯酚进行碱催化的Mitsunobu反应合成3-（4-溴苯氧基）戊烷 3-Pentanol can be used as: • A starting material for the preparation of liquid crystals, 1-ethylpropyl (R)-2-[4-(4′-alkoxybiphenylcarbonyloxy)-phenoxy]propionates by reacting with chiral (S)-lactic acid. • Solvent/reductant in the catalytic deoxydehydration reaction of C4−C6 sugar alcohols into linear polyene using methyltrioxorhenium as a catalyst. • A reactant for the synthesis of 3-(4-bromophenyloxy)pentane by reacting with 4-bromophenol via base-catalyzed Mitsunobu reaction