3-Methyl-2-pentanone

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3-Methyl-2-pentanone
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Names
Preferred IUPAC name
3-Methylpentan-2-one
Other names
Methyl sec-Butyl ketone
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 209-282-1
PubChem CID
  • InChI=1S/C6H12O/c1-4-5(2)6(3)7/h5H,4H2,1-3H3
    Key: UIHCLUNTQKBZGK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/C6H12O/c1-4-5(2)6(3)7/h5H,4H2,1-3H3
    Key: UIHCLUNTQKBZGK-UHFFFAOYAL
  • CCC(C)C(=O)C
Properties
C6H12O
Molar mass 100.161 g·mol−1
AppearanceColorless liquid
Odor Peppermint-like
Density 0.8130 g/mL (20 °C)
Melting point −83 °C (−117 °F; 190 K)
Boiling point 116 °C (241 °F; 389 K)
2.26 wt % (20 °C)
1.4012 (20 °C)
Hazards
GHS labelling: [1]
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Danger
H225
P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P280, P303+P361+P353, P370+P378, P403+P235, P501
Flash point 12 °C (54 °F; 285 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

3-Methyl-2-pentanone (methyl sec-butyl ketone) is an aliphatic ketone and isomer of 2-hexanone. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "3-Methyl-2-pentanone". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Hardo Siegel, Manfred Eggersdorfer (2007), "Ketones", Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry (7th ed.), Wiley, p. 5
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