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Acetylacetone is a versatile bifunctional precursor to heterocycles because both keto groups undergo condensation. Hydrazine reacts to produce pyrazoles. Urea gives pyrimidines. Condensation with two aryl- and alkylamines to gives NacNacs, wherein the oxygen atoms in acetylacetone are replaced by NR .
It exists in equilibrium with a tautomer. These tautomers interconvert so rapidly under most conditions that they are treated as a single compound in most applications. It is a colorless liquid that is a precursor to acetylacetonate anion, a bidentate ligand. It is also a building block for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds.
Acetylacetone is an important commodity chemical and widely used as a fuel additive, as dyeing intermediate, in the fields of metal extraction, metal plating, and resin modification .
Traditionally, acetylacetone is manufactured through chemical routes using acetone and ketene, which is produced by pyrolysis of acetone or acetic acid at aspecific temperature, with carbon monoxide, methane, hydrogen formed as by-products .
In specific, esterification of ketene and acetone forms isopropenyl acetate (IPA), in the presence of a strong acid catalyst. Then, IPA is transformed into acetylacetone with metallic molybdenum as a catalyst, whereby the yield is only about half.
In conclusion, the chemical routes suffer from drawbacks such as multiple steps, harsh conditions, low yield, and environmental problems, which hamper further applications of petrochemical-based acetylacetone.
The Global Acetylacetone market accounted for $XX Billion in 2023 and is anticipated to reach $XX Billion by 2030, registering a CAGR of XX% from 2024 to 2030.
Biomall ACETYL ACETONE – Acetylacetone has a wide range of applications in various sectors. This compound is a versatile bi-functional precursor to heterocycles since both the keto groups undergo condensation. It reacts with hydrazine to produce pyrazoles, and with urea to produce pyrimidines.
It has been used in the synthesis of the titanate/anatase dual-phase photocatalyst. Acetylacetone plays the role of chelating ligand and forms organometallic complexes which are utilized as gasoline additives, lubricant additives, driers for varnishes and printers inks, fungicides, insecticides, colours.
Furthermore, a drug complex has been crystallized from acetylacetone. These reagents are suitable for synthesis applications in industries and also for research procedures.
Acetylacetone by Research Lab Fine Chem Industries is high grade reagent. This organic compound exists in two tautomeric forms. The reagent is available as a colourless liquid which is soluble in water.
Acetylacetone has a melting point at 23 C and a boiling point at 140 C. This compound is prepared industrially by the thermal rearrangement of isopropenyl acetate. NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy and other methods can be used to distinguish between the two tautomeric forms.
