Isopropenyl acetate

Isopropenyl acetate is an organic compound, which is the acetate ester of the enol tautomer of acetone. This colorless liquid is significant commercially as the principal precursor to acetylacetone. In organic synthesis, it is used to prepare enol acetates of ketones and acetonides from diols.[1]

Isopropenyl acetate
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Prop-1-en-2-yl acetate
Other names
1-Methylvinyl acetate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 203-562-7
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C5H8O2/c1-4(2)7-5(3)6/h1H2,2-3H3
    Key: HETCEOQFVDFGSY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • CC(=C)OC(=O)C
Properties
C5H8O2
Molar mass100.117 g·mol−1
AppearanceColorless liquid
Density0.9090 g/cm3 (20 °C)
Melting point−92.9 °C (−135.2 °F; 180.2 K)
Boiling point97 °C (207 °F; 370 K)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Preparation and reactions

Isopropenyl acetate is prepared by treating acetone with ketene.[2] Upon heating over a metal surface, isopropenyl acetate rearranges to acetylacetone.[3]

Isopropenyl acetate is used to prepare other isopropenyl esters by transesterification.[4]

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