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135380

Sigma-Aldrich

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

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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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FSL

Group 4: Flammable liquids
Type 3 petroleums
Hazardous rank III
Water insoluble liquid

JAN Code

135380-VAR:
135380-500G:
135380-100G:
135380-BULK:

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STBD9315V
STBC4467V
S55474V
STBC1781V
STBB2773

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Pushkar Shejwalkar et al.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 15(4), 2631-2650 (2010-04-30)
New phosphoramidite complexes of iron were synthesized and structurally characterized. Reaction of the known chiral phosphoramidites (RO)2PNR'2 (R = binaphthyl, R' = CH3, 1a; R = binaphthyl, R' = benzyl, 1b) with [FeBr(Cp)(CO)2] afforded the title compounds [FeBr(Cp)(CO)(1a,b)] (4a,b) in
Hugo L van Beek et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(27), 3288-3290 (2012-01-31)
The thermostable Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase (BVMO) phenylacetone monooxygenase (PAMO) is used as a scaffold to introduce novel selectivities from other BVMOs or the metagenome by structure-inspired subdomain exchanges. This yields biocatalysts with new preferences in the oxidation of sulfides and the
Stefano Franceschini et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 287(27), 22626-22634 (2012-05-19)
Steroid monooxygenase (STMO) from Rhodococcus rhodochrous catalyzes the Baeyer-Villiger conversion of progesterone into progesterone acetate using FAD as prosthetic group and NADPH as reducing cofactor. The enzyme shares high sequence similarity with well characterized Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases, including phenylacetone monooxygenase and
Sheng Wu et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107(7), 2775-2780 (2010-02-06)
The molecular basis of allosteric effects, known to be caused by an effector docking to an enzyme at a site distal from the binding pocket, has been studied recently by applying directed evolution. Here, we utilize laboratory evolution in a
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
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