Chemical Properties
Clear pale yellow to amber liquid
Uses
Acetoxyacetone is an building block in the synthesis of various pharmaceutical and organic compounds.
Definition
ChEBI: Acetoxyacetone is a carboxylic ester and a ketone.
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 57, p. 4263, 1992
DOI: 10.1021/jo00041a036
Purification Methods
Distil it in a vacuum, then redistil it at atmospheric pressure. It is miscible with H2O, but is slowly decomposed by it. Store it in a dry atmosphere. The 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone has m 115-115.5o (from CHCl3/hexane). [Perkin Jr J Chem Soc 59 789 1891, Reich & Samuels J Org Chem 21 68 1956, Nef Justus Liebigs Ann Chem 335 260 1904, Beilstein 2 IV 297.]
