Acetone → Isobutyl ketone

HRID 2407632Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2407632 reaction equation
[CH2:1]([C:5]([CH3:7])=[O:6])[CH:2]([CH3:4])[CH3:3].[CH3:8][C:9]([CH3:11])=O>>[CH3:3][CH:2]([CH2:1][C:5]([CH2:7][CH:9]([CH3:11])[CH3:8])=[O:6])[CH3:4]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 180AcetoneHCID 7909Methyl Isobutyl Ketone

Product 1

HCID 7958Isobutyl ketone

Procedure

DIBK is generally produced at the same time as methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) in a condensation reaction of acetone. However, the conversion and the selectivity for DIBK are very low and wholly insufficient.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-18db7602697b42b28128f25bcbd86e42
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_08
Patent number
US08809592B2

Reaction notes

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