7333. Phorone

Nomenclature

CAS number: 504-20-1
2,6-Dimethyl-2,5-heptadien-4-one; diisobutenyl ketone; diisopropylidene acetone.
C9H14O; mol wt 138.21.
C 78.21%, H 10.21%, O 11.58%.

Description and references

Prepn from isobutenyllithium + CO2: Braude, Timmons, J. Chem. Soc. 1950, 2000; from acetone: Dolgov, Samsonova, Zh. Obshch. Khim. 22, 632 (1952); Joseph, Blumenthal, J. Org. Chem. 24, 1371 (1959); Tsmur, Zh. Prikl. Khim. 34, 1628 (1961); M. Konieczny, G. Sosnovsky, Z. Naturforsch. 33B, 454 (1978).

Chemical structure

Properties

Yellow liquid or yellowish-green prisms, mp 28°. bp 198-199°; bp17 88°. d420 0.885. nD21 1.4968.