Isopropenyl acetate

Isopropenyl acetate
Names
Other names
1-Methylvinyl acetate
Identifiers
108-22-5
Properties
C5H7O2
Molar mass 100.12
Appearance colorless liquid
Density 0.9090 g/cm3 (20 ºC)
Melting point -92.9 °C
Boiling point 97 °C
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Isopropenyl acetate is an organic compound, which is the acetate ester of the enol tautomer of acetone. This a colorless liquid is significant as the principal precursor to acetylacetone.

Preparation and reactions

Isopropenyl acetate is prepared by treating acetone with ketene.[1] Upon heating over a metal surface, isopropenyl acetate rearranges to acetylacetone.

References

  1. Raimund Miller, Claudio Abaecherli, Adel Said, Barry Jackson "Ketenes" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2001, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi: 10.1002/14356007.a15_063
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