butan-2-one

Term ID

CHEBI:28398

Synonyms

• 2-Butanon
• 2-Butanone
• 3-butanone
• Aethylmethylketon
• butan-2-one
• butanone
• butanone 2
• C2H5COCH3
• ethyl methyl cetone
• Ethyl methyl ketone
• ethyl(methyl) ketone
• ethylmethyl ketone
• Ethylmethylketon
• meetco
• MEK
• methyl acetone
• methyl ethyl cetone
• Methyl ethyl ketone
• methyl(ethyl) ketone
• methylacetone
• methylethyl ketone
• Methylethylketon
• oxobutane

Definition

A dialkyl ketone that is a four-carbon ketone carrying a single keto- group at position C-2.

References

• cas:78-93-3
• gmelin:25656
• hmdb:HMDB0000474
• kegg.compound:C02845
• lipidmaps:LMFA12000043
• metacyc.compound:MEK
• pubmed:20403429
• pubmed:23050457
• reaxys:741880
• umbbd.compound:c0020
• wikipedia.en:Butanone

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

CTD