2,3-Butanedione

• Formula: C₄H₆O₂
• Molecular weight: 86.0892
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H6O2/c1-3(5)4(2)6/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QSJXEFYPDANLFS-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 431-03-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • 2,3-Butanedione
• Other names: Biacetyl; Butane-2,3-dione; Butanedione; Diacetyl; Dimethyl diketone; Dimethyl glyoxal; 2,3-Butadione; 2,3-Diketobutane; (CH3CO)2; Glyoxal, dimethyl-; Butadione; UN 2346; 2,3-Dioxobutane; 2,3-Butandione; Buta-2,3-dione; Butan-2,3-dione; NSC 8750; butane-2,3-dione (diacetyl); 2,3-butanedione (diacetal); 2,3-butanedione (diacetyl); Butan-2,3-dione (diacetyl); Butanedione (diacetyl); 2,3 Butandione (Diacetyl); 2,3-butanodione
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Kovats' RI, polar column, temperature ramp

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

References

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Shimoda and Shibamoto, 1990
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MacLeod and Pieris, 1983
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Shibamoto, Kamiya, et al., 1981
Shibamoto, T.; Kamiya, Y.; Mihara, S., Isolation and identification of volatile compounds in cooked meat: sukiyaki, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1981, 29, 1, 57-63, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf00103a015 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tend	Final temperature
  Tstart	Initial temperature

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