3-DECANONE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

−4-−3 °C(lit.)

Boiling point:

204-205 °C(lit.)

Density 

0.825 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

FEMA 

3966 | 3-DECANONE

refractive index 

n20/D 1.4240(lit.)

Flash point:

143 °F

form 

clear liquid

color 

Colorless to Light yellow to Light orange

Odor

at 100.00 %. waxy fruity citrus orange floral green

Odor Type

waxy

JECFA Number

1118

BRN 

1748021

LogP

3.56

CAS DataBase Reference

928-80-3(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

3-Decanone (928-80-3)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

RIDADR 

UN 1224 3/PG 3

WGK Germany 

3

Hazard Note 

Irritant

TSCA 

Yes

HazardClass 

3.2

PackingGroup 

III

HS Code 

2914790090

MSDS

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3-DECANONE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

colorless liquid

Chemical Properties

3-Decanone has a citrus-orange, floral and slightly fatty odor.

Occurrence

Reportedly present in bananas, mushrooms, lemon peel oil, mentha oil, butter (heated) and shrimp (cooked).

Preparation

Prepared by a patented process by the oxidation of alkanes with oxygen using a catalyst under mild conditions. Also prepared by palladium(II)-catalyzed Wacker oxidation of 1-decene in the presence of acid (HClO4).

Definition

ChEBI: A ketone that is decane in which the methylene hydrogens at position 3 are replaced by an oxo group.

Aroma threshold values

Detection at 0.025 to 0.041 ppm in water.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 96, p. 4721, 1974 DOI: 10.1021/ja00821a085
Synthetic Communications, 9, p. 639, 1979 DOI: 10.1080/00397917908066711
Tetrahedron, 42, p. 4233, 1986

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