3-Oxetanone Property

Boiling point:

140 °C

Density 

1.231

Flash point:

53 °C

refractive index 

1.426

storage temp. 

-20°C

solubility 

Miscible with tetrahydrofuran.

form 

clear liquid

color 

Colorless to Red to Green

InChI

InChI=1S/C3H4O2/c4-3-1-5-2-3/h1-2H2

InChIKey

ROADCYAOHVSOLQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

O1CC(=O)C1

Safety

Hazard Codes 

Xn

Risk Statements 

10-22-37/38-41-43

Safety Statements 

16-26-36/37/39

RIDADR 

1993

WGK Germany 

3

HazardClass 

3

HazardClass 

IRRITANT

PackingGroup 

Ⅲ

HS Code 

29329990

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Danger

Hazard statements

H226Flammable liquid and vapour

H302Harmful if swallowed

H315Causes skin irritation

H317May cause an allergic skin reaction

H318Causes serious eye damage

H335May cause respiratory irritation

Precautionary statements

P210Keep away from heat/sparks/open flames/hot surfaces. — No smoking.

P233Keep container tightly closed.

P280Wear protective gloves/protective clothing/eye protection/face protection.

P301+P312IF SWALLOWED: call a POISON CENTER or doctor/physician IF you feel unwell.

P303+P361+P353IF ON SKIN (or hair): Remove/Take off Immediately all contaminated clothing. Rinse SKIN with water/shower.

P305+P351+P338IF IN EYES: Rinse cautiously with water for several minutes. Remove contact lenses, if present and easy to do. Continuerinsing.

3-Oxetanone Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

Colorless liquid

Uses

3-Oxetanone is used as a starting material for the preparation of other oxetanes compounds, which are of pharmacological interest. It is also considered as an object for theoretical studies.

Uses

3-Oxetanone can be used to synthesize:

• Various oxetane-containing lead compounds with improved solubility, reduced lipophilicity and amphiphilicity.
• (Hydroxymethyl)oxazoles and (hydroxymethyl)thiazoles via single-step microwave mediated reaction with primary amides and thioamides, respectively.
• Oxetane containing spirocycles through thermal 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction with α-amino acids or secondary α-amino acid esters.

Definition

3-oxetanone (1,3-epoxy2-propanone, c?C3H4O2) is a highly strained molecule functional in ring expansion and addition reactions. This molecule has also been proposed as a decomposition product of acetonylperoxy radical in the atmosphere. 3-oxetanone is suspected in the decomposition of the acetonylperoxy radical, an intermediate formed during the atmospheric processing of acetone. Atmospheric acetone degradation produces the acetonyl radical, CH3C(O)CH2, which reacts with O2 to form the acetonylperoxy radical. Rate constants predicted by a canonical variational theory/small-curvature tunneling method show that the radical isomerising produces 3-oxetanone and hydroxyl radical. These are the dominant products in the 250?2000 K range. There is no significant branching to other products below 1200 K. The only published study of the dissociation of 3-oxetanone is a Rice-Ramsperger-KasselMarcus (RRKM) analysis of the unimolecular rate constant for the photolysis of 3-oxetanone, producing ketene and formaldehyde[1-2].

General Description

Product may polymerize over time during storage.

References

[1] Sumitra Godara, Manikandan Paranjothy, Pooja Verma. “Dissociation Chemistry of 3-Oxetanone in the Gas Phase.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 121 36 (2017): 6679–6686.
[2] Emily M. Wright. “Pyrolysis Reactions of 3-Oxetanone.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 119 29 (2015): 7966–7972.