
3-Hexanone
3-hexanone is a dialkyl ketone that is hexane in which the two methylene protons at position 3 have been replaced by an oxo group. It has a role as an insect attractant, a plant metabolite, a human xenobiotic metabolite, a bacterial xenobiotic metabolite and a human urinary metabolite. It derives from a hydride of a hexane. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- hexan-3-one
- Molecular formula
- C6H12O
- Molecular weight
- 100.16 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 100.088815002 Da
- XLogP3
- 1.2
- Topological polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 1
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:89891
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL3184187
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID2021608
- PubMed:22482743
- PubMed:22272291
- PubMed:22074559
- PubMed:22072945
- PubMed:21208953
- PubMed:21169366
- PubMed:20820995
- PubMed:20547215
- PubMed:20028063
- PubMed:19963316
- PubMed:19852451
- PubMed:19459749
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