4-Hydroxy-3-hexanone

C6H12O2CAS 4984-85-4116.16 g/mol

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Properties

Molecular formula
C6H12O2
Molar mass
116.16 g/mol
Exact mass
116.0837 Da
Density
0.056 g/mL (at 31 °C)
Boiling point
64 °C
logP
0.74Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
37.3 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 2
Rotatable bonds
3

Hazards

Warning
Flammable (GHS02)Irritant (GHS07)

Aggregated from 40 ECHA notifications, via PubChem; a share says how many notifiers assign that statement.

Precautionary statements

P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P317, P302+P352, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P317, P321, P330, P362+P364, P370+P378, P403+P235, P501

Identifiers

CAS number
4984-85-4
SMILES
CCC(=O)C(O)CC
InChIKey
SKCYVGUCBRYGTE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-3-5(7)6(8)4-2/h5,7H,3-4H2,1-2H3

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Names and synonyms

8 names
  • 3-Hexanone, 4-hydroxy-
  • Propionoin
  • Propioin
  • 3-Hydroxy-4-hexanone
  • Ethyl α-hydroxypropyl ketone
  • (±)-4-Hydroxy-3-hexanone
  • NSC 23087
  • 4-Hydroxyhexan-3-one

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Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

Same formula

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