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138185

Hydroxyacetone

contains ≤500 ppm sodium carbonate as stabilizer, technical grade, 90%

Synonym(s):

1-Hydroxy-2-propanone, Acetol

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Linear Formula:
CH3COCH2OH
CAS Number:
116-09-6
Molecular Weight:
74.08
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24848238
EC Number:
204-124-8
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
605368
MDL number:
MFCD00004669

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Product Name

Hydroxyacetone, contains ≤500 ppm sodium carbonate as stabilizer, technical grade, 90%

InChI key

XLSMFKSTNGKWQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C3H6O2/c1-3(5)2-4/h4H,2H2,1H3

SMILES string

CC(=O)CO

grade

technical grade

assay

90%

form

liquid

contains

≤500 ppm sodium carbonate as stabilizer

refractive index

n20/D 1.425 (lit.)

bp

145-146 °C (lit.)

mp

−17 °C (lit.)

solubility

water: miscible

density

1.082 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

hydroxyl
ketone

storage temp.

2-8°C

Quality Level

200

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Application

Hydroxyacetone was used to study aerobic oxidation of glycerol and propanediol over metal oxide supported gold nanoparticles in methanol.

General description

Hydroxyacetone (Acetol) is important for the manufacture of polyols, acrolein, dyes and skin tanning agents. It undergoes asymmetric reduction to yield (R)-1,2-propanediol in the presence of microbial cell catalyst.

pictograms

FlameHealth hazard
GHS02,GHS08

signalword

Warning

hcodes

H226,H341

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 3 - Muta. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

133.7 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

56.5 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, multi-purpose combination respirator cartridge (US)

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SDBB5965
STBK7535
STBK0595
STBH8032
STBD6800V

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Hongliang Zhu et al.
Bioresource technology, 149, 238-243 (2013-10-12)
Escherichia coli Lin43 is a strain which has some mutations in glycerol kinase (GlpK) and the repressor for the glycerol 3-phosphate regulon (GlpR). When exposed to glycerol, it quickly accumulates lethal levels of methylglyoxal, which is a precursor of acetol;
Junsang Ko et al.
Journal of bacteriology, 187(16), 5782-5789 (2005-08-04)
Methylglyoxal (MG) is a toxic metabolite known to accumulate in various cell types. We detected in vivo conversion of MG to acetol in MG-accumulating Escherichia coli cells by use of (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance ((1)H-NMR) spectroscopy. A search for homologs
Oxidation of glycerol and propanediols in methanol over heterogeneous gold catalysts.
Taarning E, et al.
Green Chemistry, 10(4), 408-414 (2008)
Qi-Xiang Guo et al.
The Journal of organic chemistry, 77(7), 3589-3594 (2012-03-02)
The diastereoselectively switchable enantioselective Mannich reaction of isatin imines with hydroxyacetone is reported. The chiral primary amino acid catalyzed this Mannich reaction to afford both anti- and syn-Mannich adducts in high yields, good diastereoselectivities, and enantioselectivities. The reason for the
Ganesh Sriram et al.
Metabolic engineering, 9(5-6), 442-451 (2007-09-25)
Biosynthetically directed fractional (13)C labeling, a popular methodology of metabolic flux analysis, involves culture on a mixture of (13)C and (12)C substrates and preparation a 'metabolic flux analyte' (typically protein hydrolysate) from the biomass. Metabolic flux analytes prepared from complex
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