Chemical Properties
Pale yellow oily liquid
Uses
1-Phenyl-2-butanone was used in the preparation of 1-bromo-1-phenyl-2-butanone. It was used as solute to evaluate the hydroxyl group-solvent and carbonyl group-solvent specific interactions in acetonitrile/water mixtures using the alltima C
18 stationary phase by HPLC.
Uses
1-Phenyl-2-butanone is a building block that has been shown to have sedative activities in mice.
Purification Methods
Purify the ketone by fractionation using an efficient column. It can be converted into the oxime which is distilled, b 117-118o/2mm, 145-146o/15mm, d 25 1.036, n D 1.5363; decompose the oxime, and the ketone is redistilled. It can also be purified via the semicarbazone which has m 154-155o. [Meyers et al. J Am Chem Soc 77 5655 1955, Hass et al. J Org Chem 15 8 1950, Beilstein 7 IV 712.]
