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4-Hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone

PubChem CID
18829
Structure
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Molecular Formula
Synonyms
  • 4-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-2-BUTANONE
  • 3393-64-4
  • 4-Hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-one
  • 2-Butanone, 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-
  • 3-(Hydroxymethyl)-2-butanone
Molecular Weight
102.13 g/mol
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Dates
  • Create:
    2005-03-26
  • Modify:
    2025-01-11
Description
4-Hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone is a beta-hydroxy ketone.

1 Structures

1.1 2D Structure

Chemical Structure Depiction
4-Hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone.png

1.2 3D Conformer

2 Names and Identifiers

2.1 Computed Descriptors

2.1.1 IUPAC Name

4-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-one
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2.1.2 InChI

InChI=1S/C5H10O2/c1-4(3-6)5(2)7/h4,6H,3H2,1-2H3
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2.1.3 InChIKey

VVSRECWZBBJOTG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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2.1.4 SMILES

CC(CO)C(=O)C
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2.2 Molecular Formula

C5H10O2
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2.3 Other Identifiers

2.3.1 CAS

2.3.2 European Community (EC) Number

2.3.3 ChEBI ID

2.3.4 DSSTox Substance ID

2.3.5 Nikkaji Number

2.3.6 NSC Number

2.3.7 Wikidata

2.4 Synonyms

2.4.1 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

3 Chemical and Physical Properties

3.1 Computed Properties

Property Name
Molecular Weight
Property Value
102.13 g/mol
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Property Name
XLogP3-AA
Property Value
-0.2
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count
Property Value
2
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Property Name
Rotatable Bond Count
Property Value
2
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Property Name
Exact Mass
Property Value
102.068079557 Da
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Property Name
Monoisotopic Mass
Property Value
102.068079557 Da
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Property Name
Topological Polar Surface Area
Property Value
37.3 Ų
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Property Name
Heavy Atom Count
Property Value
7
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Property Name
Formal Charge
Property Value
0
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Property Name
Complexity
Property Value
68.5
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Property Name
Isotope Atom Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
Property Value
1
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Property Name
Compound Is Canonicalized
Property Value
Yes
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3.2 Experimental Properties

3.2.1 Kovats Retention Index

Semi-standard non-polar
826 , 832

4 Spectral Information

4.1 1D NMR Spectra

1D NMR Spectra

4.1.1 1H NMR Spectra

Instrument Name
Varian A-60D
Copyright
Copyright © 2009-2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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4.1.2 13C NMR Spectra

Source of Sample
Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Copyright
Copyright © 1980, 1981-2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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4.2 Mass Spectrometry

4.2.1 GC-MS

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NIST Number
235304
Library
Main library
Total Peaks
57
m/z Top Peak
43
m/z 2nd Highest
42
m/z 3rd Highest
61
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NIST Number
1209
Library
Replicate library
Total Peaks
64
m/z Top Peak
43
m/z 2nd Highest
61
m/z 3rd Highest
42
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4.3 IR Spectra

4.3.1 FTIR Spectra

Technique
CAPILLARY CELL: NEAT
Source of Sample
Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Copyright
Copyright © 1980, 1981-2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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4.3.2 ATR-IR Spectra

Source of Sample
Aldrich
Catalog Number
281484
Copyright
Copyright © 2018-2024 Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC. - Database Compilation Copyright © 2018-2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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4.3.3 Vapor Phase IR Spectra

Instrument Name
DIGILAB FTS-14
Technique
Vapor Phase
Copyright
Copyright © 1980, 1981-2024 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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6 Chemical Vendors

7 Safety and Hazards

7.1 Hazards Identification

7.1.1 GHS Classification

Note
This chemical does not meet GHS hazard criteria for 86% (37 of 43) of all reports. Pictograms displayed are for 14% (6 of 43) of reports that indicate hazard statements.
Pictogram(s)
Irritant
Signal
Warning
GHS Hazard Statements

H315 (14%): Causes skin irritation [Warning Skin corrosion/irritation]

H319 (14%): Causes serious eye irritation [Warning Serious eye damage/eye irritation]

H335 (14%): May cause respiratory irritation [Warning Specific target organ toxicity, single exposure; Respiratory tract irritation]

Precautionary Statement Codes

P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, and P501

(The corresponding statement to each P-code can be found at the GHS Classification page.)

ECHA C&L Notifications Summary

Aggregated GHS information provided per 43 reports by companies from 3 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.

Reported as not meeting GHS hazard criteria per 37 of 43 reports by companies. For more detailed information, please visit ECHA C&L website.

There are 2 notifications provided by 6 of 43 reports by companies with hazard statement code(s).

Information may vary between notifications depending on impurities, additives, and other factors. The percentage value in parenthesis indicates the notified classification ratio from companies that provide hazard codes. Only hazard codes with percentage values above 10% are shown.

7.1.2 Hazard Classes and Categories

Skin Irrit. 2 (14%)

Eye Irrit. 2A (14%)

STOT SE 3 (14%)

8 Literature

8.1 Consolidated References

8.2 Springer Nature References

8.3 Thieme References

8.4 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

9 Patents

9.1 Depositor-Supplied Patent Identifiers

9.2 WIPO PATENTSCOPE

9.3 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

9.4 Chemical-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

9.5 Chemical-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

10 Biological Test Results

10.1 BioAssay Results

11 Classification

11.1 ChEBI Ontology

11.2 ChemIDplus

11.3 UN GHS Classification

11.4 NORMAN Suspect List Exchange Classification

11.5 EPA DSSTox Classification

11.6 MolGenie Organic Chemistry Ontology

12 Information Sources

  1. CAS Common Chemistry
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  2. ChemIDplus
    ChemIDplus Chemical Information Classification
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  3. DTP/NCI
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  4. EPA DSSTox
    CompTox Chemicals Dashboard Chemical Lists
    https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical-lists/
  5. European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
    LICENSE
    Use of the information, documents and data from the ECHA website is subject to the terms and conditions of this Legal Notice, and subject to other binding limitations provided for under applicable law, the information, documents and data made available on the ECHA website may be reproduced, distributed and/or used, totally or in part, for non-commercial purposes provided that ECHA is acknowledged as the source: "Source: European Chemicals Agency, http://echa.europa.eu/". Such acknowledgement must be included in each copy of the material. ECHA permits and encourages organisations and individuals to create links to the ECHA website under the following cumulative conditions: Links can only be made to webpages that provide a link to the Legal Notice page.
    https://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/legal-notice
  6. ChEBI
  7. Japan Chemical Substance Dictionary (Nikkaji)
  8. NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center
    LICENSE
    Data covered by the Standard Reference Data Act of 1968 as amended.
    https://www.nist.gov/srd/public-law
    2-Butanone, 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-
    http://www.nist.gov/srd/nist1a.cfm
  9. SpectraBase
    2-Butanone, 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-
    https://spectrabase.com/spectrum/J23xkYe6NIa
    2-Butanone, 4-hydroxy-3-methyl-
    https://spectrabase.com/spectrum/5HHhz251EOS
    2-BUTANONE, 4-HYDROXY-3-METHYL-,
    https://spectrabase.com/spectrum/3nzuMIt95JU
  10. NMRShiftDB
  11. Springer Nature
  12. Thieme Chemistry
    LICENSE
    The Thieme Chemistry contribution within PubChem is provided under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, unless otherwise stated.
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
  13. Wikidata
    4-Hydroxy-3-methyl-2-butanone
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106045227
  14. PubChem
  15. GHS Classification (UNECE)
  16. NORMAN Suspect List Exchange
    LICENSE
    Data: CC-BY 4.0; Code (hosted by ECI, LCSB): Artistic-2.0
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    NORMAN Suspect List Exchange Classification
    https://www.norman-network.com/nds/SLE/
  17. MolGenie
    MolGenie Organic Chemistry Ontology
    https://github.com/MolGenie/ontology/
  18. PATENTSCOPE (WIPO)
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