Chemical Properties
colourless to light yellow liquid
Chemical Properties
Propiophenone has a strong, flowery odor.
Occurrence
Reported found in coffee, roasted filberts, roasted peanuts and roasted green tea. Also reported found in
Camembert cheese, black tea, roasted macadamia nut, tamarind, dried bonito, cherimoya and sapodilla fruit.
Uses
In perfumery; in the synthesis of ephedrine and related Compounds.
Uses
Intermediates of Liquid Crystals
Uses
Propiophenone is an aryl ketone used in the preparation of pharmaceutical and organic compounds. Propiophenone is used in perfumes as well as in the preparation of neurochemical compounds such as ephe
drines.
Definition
ChEBI: An aromatic ketone in which the two substituents on the carbonyl C atom are phenyl and ethyl.
Production Methods
Propiophenone is produced by the Friedel–Crafts acylation
of benzene with propionic acid chloride in the presence of
aluminum chloride. It may also be produced by the reaction
of benzoic acid and propionic acid using a calcium acetate–
aluminum oxide catalyst.
Flammability and Explosibility
Notclassified
