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3-pentanone
Sign in to saveAlso known as diethyl ketone, dimethylacetone, ethyl ketone, metacetone, propione, pentan-3-one
3-Pentanone (also known as diethyl ketone) is a simple, symmetrical dialkyl ketone. It is a colorless liquid ketone with an odor like that of acetone. It is soluble in about 25 parts water, but miscible with organic solvents.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H10O
- Molecular weight
- 86.13 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- pentan-3-one
- SMILES
- CCC(=O)CC
- InChIKey
- FDPIMTJIUBPUKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.9
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 86.073
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- chemical formula
- C₅H₁₀O
- upper flammable limit
- 6.4
- found in taxon
- tomato
- ionization energy
- 9.31
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0212
- density
- 0.81
- melting point
- -39.0
- boiling point
- 101.96
- vapor pressure
- 35
- flash point
- 55
- solubility
- 5
- lower flammable limit
- 1.6
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 705
- canonical SMILES
- CCC(=O)CC
- Commons category
- 3-Pentanone
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Uses
- Syntheses
- Ketonic decarboxylation route
- Carbonylation route
- Safety
- See also
- References
3-Pentanone (also known as diethyl ketone) is a simple, symmetrical dialkyl ketone. It is a colorless liquid ketone with an odor like that of acetone. It is soluble in about 25 parts water, but miscible with organic solvents.
==Uses== 3-Pentanone is primarily used as starting material in chemical synthesis. A major application is in the industrial synthesis of vitamin E. It has also been used in the synthesis of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu).
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