PHENYL ACETONE

PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION
CAS NO.

103-79-7

PHENYLACETONE

EINECS NO. 203-144-4
FORMULA C9H10O
MOL WT. 134.18
H.S. CODE 2914.30
TOXICITY

 

SYNONYMS Phenyl-2-Propanone; Benzyl Methyl Ketone; P2P;
1-Phenyl-2-propanone; alpha-Phenylacetone; Methyl benzyl ketone; Phenylmethyl methyl ketone;
RAW MATERIALS 
 

CLASSIFICATION

 

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL STATE colorless to pale yellow liquid
MELTING POINT -15 C
BOILING POINT 216 C
SPECIFIC GRAVITY

1.015

SOLUBILITY IN WATER Insoluble
pH  
VAPOR DENSITY  

AUTOIGNITION

 

NFPA RATINGS

 

REFRACTIVE INDEX

 1.516
FLASH POINT

83 C

STABILITY  

APPLICATIONS
Phenyl acetone is structurally related to coumarine or cinnamic acid for the application of rodenticide anticoagulant and to phenethylamine which is a main structure in the activity of the sympathetic nervous system.

Phenyl acetone is used as an intermediate to produce pesticides and anticoagulants. Active ingredients as anticoagulant include:

  • Brodifacoum
  • Chlorophacinone
  • Coumachlor
  • Difenacoum
  • Diphacinane
  • 2-Pivaloyl-1,3-indandione
  • 2-Isovaleryl-1,3-indandione
  • Warfarin

Phenyl acetone is used as an intermediate to produce sympathomimetic amines such as phenbenzamine, phenyl isopropyl amine, amphetamine, prenylamine, pargyline and estramustine. Phenylacetone is called MDP2P (3,4-methylenedioxy phenyl-2-propanone) which is used in the clandestine synthesis of MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), commonly known as ecstasy. Phenylacetone shipment is available only to the importer who has import licence issued by Government.

SALES SPECIFICATION

APPEARANCE

 colorless to pale yellow liquid
PURITY

99.0% min

MOISTURE 0.5% max

ACIDITY

 0.1% max
TRANSPORTATION
PACKING 200kgs in drum
HAZARD CLASS  
UN NO.  
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF KETONE
Ketone is a class of chemical compounds contain the carbonyl group in which the carbon atom is covalently bonded to an oxygen atom.

Carbonyl groups are: 

  • Aldehydes (X and Y = H; X = H, Y = alkyl or aryl)
  • Ketones (X and Y = alkyl or aryl)
  • Carboxylic acids (X = OH, Y = H, alkyl, or aryl)
  • Esters (X = O-alkyl or aryl; Y = H, alkyl, or aryl)
  • Amides (X = NH, N-alkyl, or N-aryl; Y = H, alkyl, or aryl)
  • Acid halides
  • Acid anhydrides
  • Lactones
  • Lactams

CARBONYL GROUP

Ketone has the general formula RCOR' where the groups R and R' may be the same or different, or incorporated into a ring (R and R' are alkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic radicals). The simplest example, R and R´ are methyl group, is acetone (also called 2-propanone, CH3COCH3) which is one of the most important ketones used in industry (low molecular weight ketones are general purpose solvents.) In the IUPAC system, the suffix -one is used to describe ketone with the numbering of the carbon atom at the end that gives the lower number. For example, CH3CH2COCH2CH2CH3 is named 3-hexanone because the whole chain contains six carbon atoms and the oxygen is connected to the third carbon from the lower number. There are aromatic ketones of which acetophenone and bezophenone are examples. Ketones can be made by the oxidation of secondary alcohols and the destructive distillation of certain salts of organic acids. In addition to as polar solvents, ketones are important intermediates in the syntheses of organic compounds such as alkoxides, hydroxyalkynes, imines, alcohols (primary, secondary as well as tertiary), acetals, thioacetals, phosphine oxides, geminal diols, hydrazones, organic sulfite and cyanohydrins.