Boiling point
127 °C(lit.)
density
0.812 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
vapor pressure
10 mm Hg ( 39 °C)
refractive index
n20/D 1.401(lit.)
solubility
Soluble in acetone, ethanol, and ether (Weast, 1986)
pka
-8.30 (quoted, Riddick et al., 1986)
color
Clear colorless to light yellow
Water Solubility
2 g/100 mL (20 ºC)
Henry's Law Constant
24.4 at 37 °C (static headspace-GC, Bylaite et al., 2004)
Exposure limits
NIOSH REL: TWA 1 ppm (4 mg/m3), IDLH 1,600 ppm; OSHA PEL: TWA 100 ppm (410 mg/m3); ACGIH TLV: TWA 5 ppm, STEL 10 ppm (adopted).
Stability:
Stable. Flammable. Incompatible with oxidizing agents, strong bases, reducing agents.
InChIKey
QQZOPKMRPOGIEB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CAS DataBase Reference
591-78-6(CAS DataBase Reference)
NIST Chemistry Reference
2-Hexanone(591-78-6)
EPA Substance Registry System
2-Hexanone (591-78-6)