propiophenone
Also known as Propionphenone, 1-Phenyl-1-propanone, Propionylbenzene, Ethyl phenyl ketone, Phenyl ethyl ketone, 1-PROPANONE,1-PHENYL PROPIOPHENONE, Phenetol, FEMA 3469
Propiophenone (shorthand: benzoylethane or BzEt) is an aryl ketone. It is a colorless, sweet-smelling liquid that is insoluble in water, but miscible with organic solvents. It is used in the preparation of other compounds.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C9H10O
- Molecular weight
- 134.17 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1-phenylpropan-1-one
- SMILES
- CCC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1
- InChIKey
- KRIOVPPHQSLHCZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.2
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Propiophenone (shorthand: benzoylethane or BzEt) is an aryl ketone. It is a colorless, sweet-smelling liquid that is insoluble in water, but miscible with organic solvents. It is used in the preparation of other compounds.
==Production== Propiophenone can be prepared by Friedel–Crafts reaction of propanoyl chloride and benzene. It is also prepared commercially by ketonization of benzoic acid and propionic acid over calcium acetate and alumina at 450–550 °C: C6H5CO2H + CH3CH2CO2H → C6H5C(O)CH2CH3 + CO2 + H2O