yellow to light brown crystalline powder
1,2-Diacetylbenzene, an aromatic hydrocarbon, is a protein-reactive γ-diketone metabolite of the neurotoxic solvent 1,2-diethylbenzene.
1,2-Diacetylbenzene, an aromatic hydrocarbon, is a protein-reactive γ-diketone metabolite of the neurotoxic solvent 1,2-diethylbenzene.
Purify it by distilling and by recrystallising from pet ether. The bis-2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone has m 221o (dec). [Halford & Weissmann J Org Chem 17 1646 1952, Riemschneider & Kassahn Chem Ber 92 1705 1959,[Beilstein 7 III 3501, 7 IV 2155.]
