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]
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Prop-1-en-2-yl acetate | |
Other names
1-Methylvinyl acetate
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.003.239 |
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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 prepared by treating acetone with ketene.[2] Upon heating over a metal surface, isopropenyl acetate rearranges to acetylacetone.[3]
Isopropenyl acetate is used to prepare other isopropenyl esters by transesterification.[4]