Diacetone alcohol

• 4-hydroxy -4-methyl -2-pentanone
• 4 -hydroxy-4 -methylpentan- 2-one

Colorless liquid with a sweet odor

Liquid

About 0.93 g · cm -3

-47 ° C

166 ° C

1.1 hPa ( 20 ° C)

Miscible with water

1.4213 (20 ° C)

Attention

20 ml · m-3, 96 mg · m-3

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Diacetone alcohol (DAA) is an organic compound. The substance is a colorless liquid with a slightly sweet odor.

Production

DAA is prepared from acetone by allowing dimerize in an aldol reaction under the influence of basic reagents in each case two molecules of acetone.

Use

It is used as a solvent, for example, used for natural and synthetic paints and dyes for. In addition, there is an intermediate for the production and mesityl oxide starting material for perfumes.

Importance as a complex

There are known some complexes, the DAA as ligands, such as the polymeric complexes