Molecular properties
- Formula
- C6H12O2
- Molar mass
- 116.16 g·mol−1
- Exact mass
- 116.0837 Da
- 1
- PubChem CID
- 31256
Molecule record
4-hydroxy-4-methylpentan-2-one
C6H12O2
116.16 g/mol
Loading structure
Functional groups
Alcohol
Alkane / alkyl carbon
Ketone
Physical properties
No source-backed physical properties are curated for this molecule yet.
Common names and synonyms
- 123-42-2
- 2-Methyl-2-pentanol-4-one
- 2-Pentanone, 4-hydroxy-4-methyl-
- 4-HYDROXY-4-METHYL-2-PENTANONE
- 4-Hydroxy-2-keto-4-methylpentane
- 4-Hydroxy-4-methyl pentan-2-one
- 4-Hydroxy-4-methyl-pentan-2-on
- 4-Hydroxy-4-methylpentanone-2
Show all 24 synonyms
- 4-Idrossi-4-metil-pentan-2-one
- Acetonyldimethylcarbinol
- DTXSID6024917
- Diacetonalcohol
- Diacetonalcool
- Diacetonalkohol
- Diacetone
- Diacetone alcohol
- Diacetone-alcool
- Diacetonyl alcohol
- Diketone alcohol
- Dimethyl acetonyl carbinol
- Pyranton
- Pyranton A
- Q7WP157PTD
- Tyranton
Structure identifiers
- Canonical SMILES
- CC(=O)CC(C)(C)O
- Isomeric SMILES
- CC(=O)CC(C)(C)O
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-5(7)4-6(2,3)8/h8H,4H2,1-3H3
- InChIKey
- SWXVUIWOUIDPGS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem CID
- 31256
Spectroscopy
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No redistributable or simulated spectroscopy record is attached yet.
Simulated NMR
On-demand educational prediction for 4-hydroxy-4-methylpentan-2-one; not experimental data.
Simulated EI mass spectrum
On-demand educational fragmentation for 4-hydroxy-4-methylpentan-2-one; not experimental data.
Sources
Molecule identity
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