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Phenylacetone

99%

Synonym(s):

Benzyl methyl ketone, Phenyl-2-propanone

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Linear Formula:
C6H5CH2COCH3
CAS Number:
103-79-7
Molecular Weight:
134.18
Beilstein:
742120
EC Number:
203-144-4
MDL number:
MFCD00017249
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
329750209

Assay

99%

form

liquid

drug control

USDEA Schedule II

availability

available only in EU

density

1.003 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC(=O)Cc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C9H10O/c1-8(10)7-9-5-3-2-4-6-9/h2-6H,7H2,1H3

InChI key

QCCDLTOVEPVEJK-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Phenylacetone is the immediate precursor for clandestine production of amphetamine and methamphetamine. Phenylacetone on anaerobic incubations with rat liver mitochondria gets reduced to phenylisopropanol.

Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H319

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

194.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

90 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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W Krawczyk et al.
Bulletin on narcotics, 57(1-2), 33-62 (2005-01-01)
1-Phenyl-2-propanone (P-2-P), also known as benzyl methyl ketone (BMK), is the main precursor used in amphetamine synthesis. In recent years, the number of seizures of P-2-P from both licit and illicit drug manufacture has increased. The present article comprises a
S Schneiders et al.
Science & justice : journal of the Forensic Science Society, 49(2), 94-101 (2009-07-18)
The isotope ratios of amphetamine type stimulants (ATS) depend as well on the precursor as the synthetic pathway. For clandestine production of amphetamine and methamphetamine, 1-phenyl-2-propanone (P2P, benzylmethylketone) is a commonly used precursor. Our aim was to determine the variation
Karla I Ziegelmann-Fjeld et al.
Protein engineering, design & selection : PEDS, 20(2), 47-55 (2007-02-07)
The secondary alcohol dehydrogenase from Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus 39E (TeSADH) is highly thermostable and solvent-stable, and it is active on a broad range of substrates. These properties make TeSADH an excellent template to engineer an industrial catalyst for chiral chemical synthesis.
Hassan M Badawi et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 95, 435-441 (2012-05-15)
The structural stability of 1,3-diphenylurea and 1,3-diphenylacetone was investigated by the DFT-B3LYP and ab initio MP2 calculations using the 6-311G(**) basis set. From full energy optimization at the MP2 level of theory the near-planar cis-trans form of 1,3-diphenylurea was predicted
Hanna M Dudek et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 88(5), 1135-1143 (2010-08-13)
Type I Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases (BVMOs) strongly prefer NADPH over NADH as an electron donor. In order to elucidate the molecular basis for this coenzyme specificity, we have performed a site-directed mutagenesis study on phenylacetone monooxygenase (PAMO) from Thermobifida fusca. Using
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