2-Acetonaphthone 93-08-3

Methyl β-napthyl ketone has a floral, neroli odor suggestive of orange blossom and a strawberry-like flavor 2-Acetonaphthone smells similar toorange blossomand is a colorless crystalline solid (mp 56 °C). It is usually preparedby Friedel–Crafts acetylation of naphthalene (with acetyl chloride, acetic anhydride,etc.) in the presence of aluminumchloride. In polar solvents (e.g., nitrobenzene),the percentage of the simultaneously formed ??-isomer is lower. Methyl2-naphthyl ketone is used in e
Liquid; PelletsLargeCrystals|Solid|white or nearly white crystalline solid with a floral, orange blossom, neroli odour
2-acetylnaphthalene is a naphthyl ketone that is naphthalene substituted at position 2 by an acetyl group.
2-Acetonaphthone undergoes efficient photoreduction in the presence of tri-n-butylstannane as hydrogen donor. It is solubilized in air-saturated sodium dodecyl sulphate micelles in D2O or H2O by pulsed nitrogen laser photolysis for triplet sensitized production of singlet oxygen.
Moderately toxic by ingestion. A human skin irritant. Flammable liquid. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and fumes