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Hydroxyacetone

contains ≤500 ppm sodium carbonate as stabilizer, technical grade, 90%

Synonym(s):

1-Hydroxy-2-propanone, Acetol

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Linear Formula:
CH3COCH2OH
CAS Number:
116-09-6
Molecular Weight:
74.08
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24848238
EC Number:
204-124-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
605368
MDL number:
MFCD00004669
Assay:
90%
Form:
liquid
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grade

technical grade

Quality Level

200

assay

90%

form

liquid

contains

≤500 ppm sodium carbonate as stabilizer

refractive index

n20/D 1.425 (lit.)

bp

145-146 °C (lit.)

mp

−17 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: miscible

density

1.082 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

hydroxyl, ketone

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CC(=O)CO

InChI

1S/C3H6O2/c1-3(5)2-4/h4H,2H2,1H3

InChI key

XLSMFKSTNGKWQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Hydroxyacetone (Acetol) is important for the manufacture of polyols, acrolein, dyes and skin tanning agents. It undergoes asymmetric reduction to yield (R)-1,2-propanediol in the presence of microbial cell catalyst.

Application

Hydroxyacetone was used to study aerobic oxidation of glycerol and propanediol over metal oxide supported gold nanoparticles in methanol.

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pictograms

FlameHealth hazard
GHS02,GHS08

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H226,H341

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 3 - Muta. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

133.7 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

56.5 °C - closed cup

ppe

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Regulatory Listings

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Group 4: Flammable liquids + Type 2 petroleums + Hazardous rank III + Water soluble liquid

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Lot/Batch Number
S43764
06704DH
19526BH
06327BH
07405AH

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Hongliang Zhu et al.
Bioresource technology, 149, 238-243 (2013-10-12)
Escherichia coli Lin43 is a strain which has some mutations in glycerol kinase (GlpK) and the repressor for the glycerol 3-phosphate regulon (GlpR). When exposed to glycerol, it quickly accumulates lethal levels of methylglyoxal, which is a precursor of acetol;
Ganesh Sriram et al.
Metabolic engineering, 9(5-6), 442-451 (2007-09-25)
Biosynthetically directed fractional (13)C labeling, a popular methodology of metabolic flux analysis, involves culture on a mixture of (13)C and (12)C substrates and preparation a 'metabolic flux analyte' (typically protein hydrolysate) from the biomass. Metabolic flux analytes prepared from complex
Chen Liu et al.
Organic letters, 13(19), 5248-5251 (2011-09-10)
An efficient direct asymmetric aldol reaction between hydroxyacetone and β,γ-unsaturated α-keto esters has been successfully developed. In the presence of 9-amino-9-deoxy-epi-cinchonine and trifluoroacetic acid, the direct aldol reaction of O-protected hydroxyacetone proceeded in a highly enantioselective manner, affording the desired
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