CAS No. 98-86-2 Acetophenone Liquid 99% For Soaps Making

CAS No. 98-86-2 Acetophenone Liquid For Soaps Making

Acetophenone (C6H5COCH3), an organic compound used as an ingredient in perfumes and as a chemical intermediate in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, resins, flavouring agents, and a form of tear gas. It also has been used as a drug to induce sleep.

The compound can be synthesized from benzene and acetyl chloride, but it is prepared commercially by the air oxidation of ethylbenzene.

Pure acetophenone is a colourless liquid, with a melting point of 20.2 °C (68.4 °F) and a boiling point of 202.4 °C (396.3 °F). It is only slightly soluble in water but is freely soluble in ethanol (ethyl alcohol), chloroform.

In instructional laboratories, acetophenone is converted to styrene in a two-step process that illustrates the reduction of carbonyls using hydride and the dehydration of alcohols:

A similar two-step process is used industrially, but reduction step is performed by hydrogenation over a copper catalyst.

Being prochiral, acetophenone is also a popular test substrate for asymmetric hydrogenation experiments.

Acetophenone occurs naturally in many foods including apple, cheese, apricot, banana, beef, and cauliflower. It is also a component of castoreum, the exudate from the castor sacs of the mature beaver.