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Sigma-Aldrich

Isophorone

97%

Synonym(s):

3,5,5-Trimethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C9H14O
CAS Number:
78-59-1
Molecular Weight:
138.21
Beilstein:
1280721
EC Number:
201-126-0
MDL number:
MFCD00001584
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24895951
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

4.77 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.2 mmHg ( 20 °C)

Assay

97%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

864 °F

expl. lim.

3.8 %

refractive index

n20/D 1.476 (lit.)

bp

213-214 °C (lit.)

mp

−8 °C (lit.)

density

0.923 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CC1=CC(=O)CC(C)(C)C1

InChI

1S/C9H14O/c1-7-4-8(10)6-9(2,3)5-7/h4H,5-6H2,1-3H3

InChI key

HJOVHMDZYOCNQW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Pictograms

Health hazardExclamation mark
GHS08,GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Dermal - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Carc. 2 - Eye Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

204.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

96.0 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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J R Bucher et al.
Toxicology, 39(2), 207-219 (1986-05-01)
Toxicology and carcinogenesis studies of isophorone were conducted by administering 0, 250, or 500 mg/kg body weight per day by gavage in corn oil to groups of 50 F344/N rats and 50 B6C3F1 mice of each sex, 5 days/week, for
K Saito et al.
Toxicology, 76(2), 177-186 (1992-11-30)
Effects of alpha 2u-globulin accumulating agents on alpha 2u-globulins in rat kidneys were examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and immunoblotting analysis. Treatment of male animals with decalin (150 mg/kg), 2,2,4-trimethylpentane (50 mg/kg), isophorone (150 mg/kg), d-limonene (150
Toxicity of acenaphthene and isophorone to early life stages of fathead minnows.
M A Cairns et al.
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology, 11(6), 703-707 (1982-11-01)
Hiroyuki Kataoka et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1155(1), 100-104 (2007-04-27)
A simple and sensitive method for the determination of isophorone in food samples was developed by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Isophorone was separated within 10 min by GC-MS using a DB-1 capillary column and
Shilpa C Mhadgut et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (8)(8), 984-985 (2004-04-08)
The sonochemical asymmetric hydrogenation of isophorone (3,3,5-trimethyl-2-cyclohexenone) by proline-modified Pd/Al2O3 catalysts is described; presonication of a commercial Pd/Al2O3-proline catalytic system resulted in highly enhanced enantioselectivities (up to 85% ee).
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