2'-Methylacetophenone Chemical Properties

Melting point:

107-108 °C

Boiling point:

214 °C(lit.)

Density 

1.026 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.5318(lit.)

FEMA 

4316 | 2-METHYLACETOPHENONE

Flash point:

168 °F

storage temp. 

Sealed in dry,Room Temperature

solubility 

Chloroform (Slightly), Ethyl Acetate (Slightly)

form 

Liquid

Specific Gravity

1.026

color 

Clear colorless to light yellow

Odor

at 100.00 %. sweet hawthorn powdery anisic coumarinic phenolic burnt nutty honey

Odor Type

floral

Water Solubility 

Soluble in ethanol. Insoluble in water.

JECFA Number

2044

BRN 

907005

InChI

1S/C9H10O/c1-7-5-3-4-6-9(7)8(2)10/h3-6H,1-2H3

InChIKey

YXWWHNCQZBVZPV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

CC(=O)c1ccccc1C

LogP

2.13

CAS DataBase Reference

577-16-2(CAS DataBase Reference)

NIST Chemistry Reference

Ethanone, 1-(2-methylphenyl)-(577-16-2)

Safety Information

Safety Statements 

24/25

WGK Germany 

3

HS Code 

29143990

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

MSDS

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2'-Methylacetophenone Usage And Synthesis

Description

2’-methylacetophenone is a colorless to pale yellow clear liquid. It has sweet, hawthorn, powdery, anisic, coumarinic, phenolic, burnt, nutty, honey aroma. It is used as an odor and/or flavor in acacia, butterscotch, black currant, grape, vanilla, etc.

References

[1] George A. Burdock, Fenaroli’s Handbook of Flavor Ingredients, Sixth Edition, 2010

Chemical Properties

Colorless to pale yellow clear liquid; sweet, hawthorn, powdery, anisic, coumarinic, phenolic, burnt, nutty, honey aroma.

Uses

2'-Methylacetophenone is possiblely used in Vanilla, cherry, almond, coumarin and various nut nuances.

Definition

ChEBI: 2'-methylacetophenone is a member of the class of acetophenones that is acetophenone which is substituted by a methyl group at position 2. It has a role as a fungal metabolite, an acaricide and a flavouring agent. It is a member of acetophenones and a member of toluenes.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 105, p. 943, 1983 DOI: 10.1021/ja00342a050

IC 50

Human Endogenous Metabolite

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