Dehydroacetic_acid

Dehydroacetic acid

Dehydroacetic acid

Chemical compound


Dehydroacetic acid is an organic compound which has several industrial applications. The compound is classified as a pyrone derivative. It presents as an odorless, colorless to white crystalline powder, almost insoluble in water and moderately soluble in most organic solvents.[2]

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Preparation

It is prepared by the base-catalysed dimerization of diketene.[3] Commonly used organic bases include imidazole, DABCO, and pyridine.[4]

Uses

Industrially, dehydroacetic acid has several uses which include the following:


References

  1. Merck Index, 11th Edition, 2855
  2. Jilalat, Alae Eddine; et al. (2017). "DEHYDROACETIC ACID (Part 1): CHEMICAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES". Journal Marocain de Chimie Hétérocyclique. 16 (1): 1–47. ISSN 1114-7792. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  3. Raimund Miller, Claudio Abaecherli, Adel Said, Barry Jackson. "Ketenes". In Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. 2001, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a15_063
  4. Clemens, Robert J.; Witzeman, J. Stewart (1993). Agreda, Victor H.; Zoeller, Joseph R. (eds.). Acetic Acid and its Derivatives. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. p. 202. ISBN 9780824787929.
  5. Harold William Rossmoore. Handbook of Biocide and Preservative Use, p. 341. ISBN 0-7514-0212-5
  6. Cook, Denys (1963). "The Preparation, Properties, and Structure of 2,6-bis-(Alkyamino)-2,5-heptadien-4-ones". Canadian Journal of Chemistry. 41 (6): 1435–1440. doi:10.1139/v63-195.

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