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A17951

Sigma-Aldrich

Acetoin

May exist as crystalline dimer

Synonym(s):

3-Hydroxy-2-butanone, Acetylmethylcarbinol

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Linear Formula:
CH3COCH(OH)CH3
CAS Number:
513-86-0
Molecular Weight:
88.11
Beilstein:
385636
EC Number:
208-174-1
MDL number:
MFCD00004521
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24890588
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

100

Assay

≥98.0% (GC)

form

crystals

refractive index

n20/D 1.417 (lit.)

bp

148 °C (lit.)

mp

15 °C (monomer)
90 °C (dimer) (lit.)

density

1.013 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

food allergen

no known allergens

storage temp.

2-8°C

SMILES string

CC(O)C(C)=O

InChI

1S/C4H8O2/c1-3(5)4(2)6/h3,5H,1-2H3

InChI key

ROWKJAVDOGWPAT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Pictograms

FlameCorrosion
GHS02,GHS05

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H226,H318

Hazard Classifications

Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

118.4 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

48 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Ranjita Biswas et al.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 94(3), 651-658 (2012-03-01)
Production of 2,3-butanediol by Bacillus subtilis takes place in late-log or stationary phase, depending on the expression of bdhA gene encoding acetoin reductase, which converts acetoin to 2,3-butanediol. The present work focuses on the development of a strain of B.
M Otsuka et al.
Journal of chromatography, 577(2), 215-220 (1992-06-10)
Acetoin was quantitatively oxidized into diacetyl by Fe3+ in 1 M perchloric acid. The reaction of diacetyl with 4,5-dichloro-1,2-diaminobenzene afforded 6,7-dichloro-2,3-dimethylquinoxaline (DCDMQ), which was extracted by benzene containing aldrin (25 ng/ml) as an internal standard, and determined by gas chromatography
Maria del Pilar Marquez-Villavicencio et al.
PloS one, 6(8), e22974-e22974 (2011-08-31)
Pectobacterium species are necrotrophic bacterial pathogens that cause soft rot diseases in potatoes and several other crops worldwide. Gene expression data identified Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum budB, which encodes the α-acetolactate synthase enzyme in the 2,3-butanediol pathway, as more highly
Zhen Liu et al.
Bioresource technology, 102(22), 10741-10744 (2011-09-29)
Production of highly pure (2S,3S)-2,3-butanediol ((2S,3S)-2,3-BD) and (3S)-acetoin ((3S)-AC) in high concentrations is desirable but difficult to achieve. In the present study, glucose was first transformed to a mixture of (2S,3S)-2,3-BD and meso-2,3-BD by resting cells of Klebsiella pneumoniae CICC
Pieter Moons et al.
Applied and environmental microbiology, 77(10), 3422-3427 (2011-03-29)
During fermentation of sugars, a number of bacterial species are able to switch from mixed acid production to acetoin and 2,3-butanediol production in order to avoid lethal acidification of their environment, although the regulation of this switch is only poorly
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