Isopropenyl acetate
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| Preferred IUPAC name
Prop-1-en-2-yl acetate | |
| Other names
1-Methylvinyl acetate | |
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| ECHA InfoCard | 100.003.239 |
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| Properties | |
| C5H8O2 | |
| Molar mass | 100.117 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | Colorless liquid |
| Density | 0.9090 g/cm3 (20 °C) |
| Melting point | −92.9 °C (−135.2 °F; 180.2 K) |
| Boiling point | 97 °C (207 °F; 370 K) |
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 colorless liquid is significant commercially as the principal precursor to acetylacetone. In organic synthesis, it is used to prepare enol acetates of ketones and acetonides from diols.[1]
