2-Butyne
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| IUPAC name
But-2-yne | |
| Other names
Dimethylacetylene Crotonylene | |
| Identifiers | |
503-17-3  | |
| ChEMBL | ChEMBL119108 |
| ChemSpider | 9990 |
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| PubChem | 10419 |
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| Properties | |
| C4H6 | |
| Molar mass | 54.0904 g/mol |
| Density | 0.691 g/mL |
| Melting point | −32 °C (−26 °F; 241 K) |
| Boiling point | 27 °C (81 °F; 300 K) |
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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2-Butyne (Dimethylacetylene, crotonylene or but-2-yne) is an alkyne with chemical formula CH3C≡CCH3. Produced artificially, it is a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid at standard temperature and pressure.
Synthesis
2-Butyne can be synthesized by the rearrangement of ethylacetylene in a solution of ethanolic potassium hydroxide.[3]
Applications
2-Butyne, along with propyne, is used to synthesize alkylated hydroquinones in the total synthesis of Vitamin E.[4]
See also
- 1-Butyne, a position isomer
References
- ↑ 2-Butyne at Sigma-Aldrich
- ↑ NIST Chemistry WebBook page for 2-butyne
- ↑ Victor von Richter and Hans Meerwein (1916). Organic Chemistry: Chemistry of the aliphatic series Vol. I: Smith's 3rd American Ed. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Sons & Co. p. 89.
- ↑ Reppe, Walter; Kutepow, N; and Magin, A (1969). "Cyclization of Acetylenic Compounds". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English 8 (10): 727–733. doi:10.1002/anie.196907271. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
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