3121. Diethyl Ketone

Nomenclature

CAS number: 96-22-0
3-Pentanone; dimethylacetone; propione; methacetone.
C5H10O; mol wt 86.13.
C 69.72%, H 11.70%, O 18.58%.
Chemical structure

Properties

Liquid, acetone odor. d419 0.816. bp 101.5°. mp -42°. nD25 1.3905. Flammable. Sol in about 25 parts water; miscible with alcohol, ether. LD50 orally in rats: 2.1 g/kg, Smyth et al., Arch. Ind. Hyg. Occup. Med. 10, 61 (1954).