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3-Pentanone

ReagentPlus®, ≥99.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

Diethyl ketone

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH2COCH2CH3
CAS Number:
96-22-0
Molecular Weight:
86.13
Beilstein:
635749
EC Number:
202-490-3
MDL number:
MFCD00009320
UNSPSC Code:
12352115
PubChem Substance ID:
329749867

vapor density

3 (vs air)

Quality Level

100

vapor pressure

20 mmHg ( 28 °C)
28.1 mmHg ( 20 °C)

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

≥99.0% (GC)

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

845 °F

expl. lim.

0.34-6.3 %

impurities

≤0.2% water (coulometr.)

refractive index

n20/D 1.392 (lit.)

pH

6.2 (20 °C, 50 g/L)

bp

101.5 °C (lit.)

mp

−42 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: slightly soluble

density

0.813 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

suitability

complies for Proton NMR spectrum

SMILES string

CCC(=O)CC

InChI

1S/C5H10O/c1-3-5(6)4-2/h3-4H2,1-2H3

InChI key

FDPIMTJIUBPUKL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

3-Pentanone is a 3-alkanone. It undergoes deprotonation on reaction with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) in THF (solvent) to afford E enolate while the same reaction in THF/HMPT (HMPT = hexamethylphosphoric triamide, THF = tetrahydrofuran) solvent system affords Z enolate. It is widely used as a tracer for planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) studies. Its electron-diffraction patterns and fluorescence quantum yields have been evaluated.
3-Pentanone is a diethyl ketone, which can be obtained as a major product of the condensation of propanol over ceria-zirconia mixed oxides catalyst, CexZr1-xO2.

Application

3-Pentanone may be used to evaluate excess molar volumes of its binary mixtures with 1-chloroalkanes at 298.15K and atmospheric pressure.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Pictograms

FlameExclamation mark
GHS02,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H225,H319,H335,H336

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Central nervous system, Respiratory system

Supplementary Hazards

EUH066

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

44.6 °F

Flash Point(C)

7 °C

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Acton A.Q et al.
Issues in Chemistry and General Chemical Research, 2011 (2011)
Temperature and excitation wavelength dependencies of 3-pentanone absorption and fluorescence for PLIF applications.
Koch JD and Hanson RK.
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics, 76(3), 319-324 (2003)
Jon D Koch et al.
Applied optics, 43(31), 5901-5910 (2004-11-16)
We measured fluorescence quantum yields of acetone and 3-pentanone as a pure gas and with nitrogen diluent at room temperature at 20, 507, and 1013 mbar using 248, 266, and 308 nm excitation by calibrating the optical collection system with
An electron-diffraction investigation of the molecular structures of acetone, 2-butanone, and 3-pentanone.
Romers C and Creutzberg JEG.
Rec. Trav. Chim., 75(3), 331-345 (1956)
VE of binary mixtures containing 3-pentanone or 3-heptanone with 1-chloroalkanes at 298.15 K.
Lorenzana T, et al.
Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 39(1), 172-174 (1994)
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