2-butanone


butanone; 2-butanone; butan-2-one; ethyl methyl ketone; MEK; methyl ethyl ketone
In russian:бутанон-2
Links:📏 NIST, 📖 PubMed,
📖Houben-Weyl, 2. Band (Methyläthylketon); p. 208, 701, 970, 987, 1003,
CAS RN:[78-93-3]
Formula:C4H8O; 72.11 g/mol
InChiKey:ZWEHNKRNPOVVGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES:O=C(C)CC
Molecular structure of 2-butanone
Use:acetone substitute; artificial leather dressing; celluloid; chemical intermediate; dewaxing agent in refining oils; dopes; dyes; lacquers; organic syntheses; smokeless powder; solvent in the manufacture of plastics, and in the printing and lithographing industries
Density:0.805 g/mL
Molar volume:89.6 mL/mol
Refractive index:1.379
Molecular refractive power:20.70 mL/mol
Dielectric constant:18.50
Dipole moment:2.78 D
Melting point:-87 °C
Boiling point:80 °C
Vapour pressure:74 Torr
Antoine equation
P(Torr) vs T(°C)
Vapour pressure vs temperature
Surface tension:24.00 dyn/cm
Viscosity:0.43 cP
Critical temperature:262 °C
Critical pressure:41.1 atm
Critical volume:267.00 ml/mol
Evaporation rate (ether):2.5
Evaporation rate (butyl acetate):4.6
Solubility in water:26 % w/w
Solubility of water:12 % w/w
Log10 partition water / activated carbon:2.25
Log10 partition octanol / water:0.29
Snyder P':4.7
Snyder X:Xe: 0.4    Xd: 0.2    Xn: 0.4
Solvent strength (ε0, silica):0.39
Solvent strength (ε0, alumina):0.51
Dimroth ET:41.3
Hildebrant solubility parameter (δ):9.3
Hansen solubility parameter:δd: 7.8 (cal/mL)^0.5   δp: 4.4 (cal/mL)^0.5   δh: 2.5 (cal/mL)^0.5
1g dissolves in:
2.83g water
Specific heat capacity:38.0 cal/molK
Latent heat of fusion:1,790 cal/mol

Isomers

allyl methyl ether
Molecular structure of allyl methyl ether
butanal
Molecular structure of butanal
2-butanone
Molecular structure of 2-butanone
(E)-but-2-en-1-ol
Molecular structure of (E)-but-2-en-1-ol
(Z)-but-2-en-1-ol
Molecular structure of (Z)-but-2-en-1-ol
3-buten-1-ol
Molecular structure of 3-buten-1-ol
3-buten-2-ol
Molecular structure of 3-buten-2-ol
cyclobutanol
Molecular structure of cyclobutanol
cyclopropylmethanol
Molecular structure of cyclopropylmethanol
2,2-dimethyloxirane
Molecular structure of 2,2-dimethyloxirane
cis-2,3-dimethyloxirane
Molecular structure of cis-2,3-dimethyloxirane
trans-2,3-dimethyloxirane
Molecular structure of trans-2,3-dimethyloxirane
ethoxyethene
Molecular structure of ethoxyethene
ethyloxirane
Molecular structure of ethyloxirane
(2R)-2-ethyloxirane
Molecular structure of (2R)-2-ethyloxirane
(2S)-2-ethyloxirane
Molecular structure of (2S)-2-ethyloxirane
methoxycyclopropane
Molecular structure of methoxycyclopropane
2-methoxy-1-propene
Molecular structure of 2-methoxy-1-propene
1-methylcyclopropanol
Molecular structure of 1-methylcyclopropanol
2-methylpropanal
Molecular structure of 2-methylpropanal
2-methylprop-2-en-1-ol
Molecular structure of 2-methylprop-2-en-1-ol
tetrahydrofuran
Molecular structure of tetrahydrofuran