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

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

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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

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