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acetol
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Hydroxyacetone, also known as acetol, is the organic chemical with the formula CH3C(O)CH2OH. It consists of a primary alcohol substituent on acetone. It is an α-hydroxyketone, also called a ketol, and is the simplest hydroxy ketone structure. It is a colorless, distillable liquid.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H6O2
- Molecular weight
- 74.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1-hydroxypropan-2-one
- SMILES
- CC(=O)CO
- InChIKey
- XLSMFKSTNGKWQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -0.7
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 74.037
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- canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)CO
- chemical formula
- C₃H₆O₂
- found in taxon
- Astragalus mongholicus
- Commons category
- Hydroxyacetone
- melting point
- -17.0
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Preparation
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Hydroxyacetone, also known as acetol, is the organic chemical with the formula CH3C(O)CH2OH. It consists of a primary alcohol substituent on acetone. It is an α-hydroxyketone, also called a ketol, and is the simplest hydroxy ketone structure. It is a colorless, distillable liquid.
==Preparation== It is produced commercially by dehydration of glycerol.
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