2-Hexanone
SIAL/02473 - analytical standard
Synonym: Butyl methyl ketone
CAS Number: 591-78-6
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C6H12O
Molecular Weight: 100.16
EC Number: 209-731-1
MDL Number: MFCD00009482
Linear Formula: CH3(CH2)3COCH3
Product Type: Chemical
application(s) | cleaning products cosmetics environmental food and beverages personal care |
assay | ≥99.5% (GC) |
bp | 127 °C (lit.) |
density | 0.812 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
format | neat |
grade | analytical standard |
InChI | 1S/C6H12O/c1-3-4-5-6(2)7/ |
InChI key | QQZOPKMRPOGIEB-UHFFFAOYSA |
mp | −57 °C (lit.) |
Quality Level | 100 ![]() |
refractive index | n |
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shelf life | limited shelf life, expiry date on the label |
SMILES string | CCCCC(C)=O |
technique(s) | gas chromatography (GC): suitable |
HPLC: suitable | |
vapor pressure | 10 mmHg ( 39 °C) |
Application: | 2-Hexanone may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in biological samples, starch-based polymers, moldy building materials, and alcoholic matrices by various chromatography techniques. |
General description: | 2-Hexanone (MBK, 2-Oxohexane) is a volatile organic compound, that exists as a clear, colorless liquid with a sharp odor. It dissolves very easily in water, and can evaporate easily into the air as a vapor. It is occasionally found as a volatile component of normal human biofluids. It was used as an industrial hexacarbon solvent, but is no longer used or made owing to its neurotoxic nature leading to various human diseases. |
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Signal word | Danger |
Hazard statements | H226 - H336 - H361f - H372 |
Precautionary statements | P201 - P210 - P308 + P313 |
Hazard Codes | T |
Risk Statements | 10-48/23-62-67 |
Safety Statements | 36/37-45 |
RIDADR | UN1224 - class 3 - PG 3 - Ketones, liquid, n.o.s., HI: all |
WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
Flash Point(F) | 73.4 °F - closed cup |
Flash Point(C) | 23 °C - closed cup |
Purity | ≥99.5% (GC) |
bp | 127 °C (lit.) |
mp | −57 °C (lit.) |
Density | 0.812 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.) |
Refractive Index | n |
UNSPSC | 41116107 |