3051. 1,1-Dichloroacetone

Nomenclature

CAS number: 513-88-2
1,1-Dichloro-2-propanone; α,α-dichloroacetone; uns-dichloroacetone; dichloromethyl methyl ketone.
C3H4Cl2O; mol wt 126.97.
C 28.38%, H 3.18%, Cl 55.84%, O 12.60%.

Description and references

Prepn: Borsche, Fittig, Ann. 133, 113 (1865).

Chemical structure

Properties

Oily liq. d1518 1.305. bp 120°. Slightly sol in water; sol in alcohol; miscible with ether. Boiling with Na2CO3 gives acrylic acid.