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butyrophenone
Sign in to saveButyrophenone is an organic compound with the formula C6H5C(O)C3H7. It is a colorless liquid.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C10H12O
- Molecular weight
- 148.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1-phenylbutan-1-one
- SMILES
- CCCC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1
- InChIKey
- FFSAXUULYPJSKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.5
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 148.089
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- chemical formula
- C₁₀H₁₂O
- canonical SMILES
- CCCC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1
- Commons category
- Butyrophenone
- melting point
- 12.0
- found in taxon
- Cichorium endivia
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Butyrophenone is an organic compound with the formula C6H5C(O)C3H7. It is a colorless liquid.
The butyrophenone structure—a ketone flanked by a phenyl ring and a propyl chain—forms the basis for many other chemicals containing various substituents. Some of these butyrophenones are used to treat various psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, as well as acting as antiemetics.
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