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acetylacetone
Sign in to saveAlso known as Hacac, acetyl 2-propanone, 2,4-pentanedione, 2,4-dioxopentane, acetoacetone, 2,4-pentadione, pentan-2,4-dione, CH3-CO-CH2-CO-CH3
Acetylacetone is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is classified as a 1,3-diketone. It exists in equilibrium with a tautomer . The mixture is a colorless liquid. These tautomers interconvert so rapidly under most conditions that they are treated as a single compound in most applications. Acetylacetone is a building block for the synthesis of many coordination complexes as well as heterocyclic compounds.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H8O2
- Molecular weight
- 100.12 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- pentane-2,4-dione
- SMILES
- CC(=O)CC(=O)C
- InChIKey
- YRKCREAYFQTBPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.4
- Polar surface area
- 34.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 100.052
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- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)CC(=O)C
- Commons category
- Acetylacetone
- chemical formula
- C₅H₈O₂
- melting point
- -23
- MCN code
- 2914.19.21
- boiling point
- 138
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10 sectionsContents
- Properties
- Tautomerism
- Acid–base properties
- Preparation
- Reactions
- Condensations
- Coordination chemistry
- Biodegradation
- References
- External links
Acetylacetone is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is classified as a 1,3-diketone. It exists in equilibrium with a tautomer . The mixture is a colorless liquid. These tautomers interconvert so rapidly under most conditions that they are treated as a single compound in most applications. Acetylacetone is a building block for the synthesis of many coordination complexes as well as heterocyclic compounds.
==Properties==