4-Ethylacetophenone Chemical Properties

Melting point:

−20.6 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

125 °C20 mm Hg(lit.)

Density 

0.993 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.5293(lit.)

Flash point:

195 °F

storage temp. 

Sealed in dry,Room Temperature

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly), Ethyl Acetate (Slightly)

form 

Oil

color 

Clear Colourless

Specific Gravity

0.993

Odor

at 1.00 % in dipropylene glycol. floral hawthorn

Odor Type

floral

Water Solubility 

Not miscible or difficult to mix in water. Soluble in alcohol.

BRN 

1906029

LogP

2.507 (est)

CAS DataBase Reference

937-30-4(CAS DataBase Reference)

NIST Chemistry Reference

Ethanone, 1-(4-ethylphenyl)-(937-30-4)

EPA Substance Registry System

p-Ethylacetophenone (937-30-4)

Safety Information

Safety Statements 

24/25

WGK Germany 

3

TSCA 

Yes

HS Code 

29143990

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4-Ethylacetophenone Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

clear colorless to yellow liquid

Uses

It can be used to produce 1,1'-p-phenylene-bis-ethanone. This reaction will need reagent air, cobalt naphthenate. The reaction temperature is 125°C.

Uses

Intermediates of Liquid Crystals

General Description

4-Ethylacetophenone is one of the attractive components of a carob-peanut extract that elicited a positive behavioral response from Oryzaephilus surinamensis, S. granarius and C. ferrugineus.

Synthesis

4-Ethylacetophenone is prepared from para-Ethylphenol plus Acetylchloridewith Aluminum chloride in an inert solvent (Fnedel-Craft’s reaction).

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