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propionaldehyde
Sign in to saveAlso known as propanal, 1-propanal, n-propionaldehyde, propanaldehyde, propylaldehyde, propaldehyde, propyl aldehyde, propional
Propionaldehyde or propanal is the organic compound with the formula CH3CH2CHO. It is the 3-carbon aldehyde. It is a colourless, flammable liquid with a pungent and fruity odour. It is produced on a large scale industrially.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H6O
- Molecular weight
- 58.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- propanal
- SMILES
- CCC=O
- InChIKey
- NBBJYMSMWIIQGU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.6
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 58.042
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- canonical SMILES
- CCC=O
- Commons category
- Propionaldehyde
- chemical formula
- C₃H₆O
- melting point
- -80
- electric dipole moment
- 2.52
- ionization energy
- 9.95
- boiling point
- 48
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Propionaldehyde or propanal is the organic compound with the formula CH3CH2CHO. It is the 3-carbon aldehyde. It is a colourless, flammable liquid with a pungent and fruity odour. It is produced on a large scale industrially.
==Production== Propionaldehyde is mainly produced industrially by hydroformylation of ethylene: CO + H2 + C2H4 → CH3CH2CHO In this way, several hundred thousand tons are produced annually.