3-Penten-2-one, 4-methyl-

• Formula: C₆H₁₀O
• Molecular weight: 98.1430
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H10O/c1-5(2)4-6(3)7/h4H,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: SHOJXDKTYKFBRD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 141-79-7
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Acetone, isopropylidene-; Isobutenyl methyl ketone; Isopropylideneacetone; Mesityl oxide; Methyl isobutenyl ketone; Methyl 2-methyl-1-propenyl ketone; 4-Methyl-3-penten-2-one; (CH3)2C=CHC(=O)CH3; Methyl 2,2-dimethylvinyl ketone; 4-Methyl-3-pentene-2-one; 2-Methylpent-2-en-4-one; 2-Methyl-2-penten-4-one; Mesityloxid; Mesityloxyde; MIBK; Ossido di mesitile; Oxyde de mesityle; 3-Isohexen-2-one; 4-Methyl-3-penten-2-on; 4-Methylpent-3-en-2-one; 4-Metil-3-penten-2-one; 2-Methyl-2-pentenone-4; UN 1229; 2-Methyl-4-oxo-2-pentene; 2,2-Dimethylvinyl methyl ketone; NSC 38717; 4-methyl-3-penten-2-one (mesityl oxide)
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References

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Zenkevich, I.G., Influence of the Variations of Dynamics Molecular Parameterts on the Additivity of Chromatigraphic Retention Indices of Products of Organic Reactions Relative to Initial Reagents, Dokl. Akad. Nauk (Rus.), 1997, 353, 5, 625-627. [all data]

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