Phenylacetone is a propanone that is propan-2-one substituted by a phenyl group at position 1. It is a member of propanones and a methyl ketone.
Phenylacetone is a natural product found in Streptomyces and Gossypium hirsutum with data available.
Phenylacetone, also known as phenyl-2-propanone, is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH2COCH3. It is a colorless oil that is soluble in organic solvents. It is a mono-substituted benzene derivative, consisting of an acetone attached to a phenyl group. As such, its systematic IUPAC name is 1-phenyl-2-propanone. This substance is used in the manufacture of methamphetamine and amphetamine, where it is commonly known as P2P. Due to illicit drug labs using phenylacetone to make amphetamines, phenylacetone was declared a schedule II controlled substance in the United States in 1980. In humans, phenylacetone occurs as a metabolite of amphetamine and methamphetamine via FMO3-mediated oxidative deamination.
Phenylacetone is a propanone that is propan-2-one substituted by a phenyl group at position 1. It is a member of propanones and a methyl ketone. Phenylacetone is a DEA Schedule II controlled substance. Substances in the DEA Schedule II have a high potential for abuse which may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.
invention relates to a method for preparing phenylacetone that is a semi-finished product used in preparing vitamin B12 and different rodenticides of indandione order. Method involves interaction of phenylacetic acid with acetic acid in gaseous phase at temperature 350oC, not less, (decomposition point of forming phenylacetic acetate) using cobalt oxide on inert carrier as a catalyst. Method provides preparing the end product with yield 80.4%.
Phenylacetone is a compound that is used in the synthesis of various drugs, including amphetamine and methamphetamine. It is also used as an analytical reagent to measure the concentration of dinucleotide phosphate in wastewater. Phenylacetone can be synthesized by reacting phenylacetic acid with either sodium or methyl ethyl ketone. The reaction mechanism for this reaction includes the formation of a nitro group from sodium nitrite, which then reacts with phenylacetic acid to form an intermediate. This intermediate reacts with methyl ethyl ketone to form phenylacetone, which is then hydrolyzed to produce methamphetamine. Phenylacetone also has the ability to react with hydrogen peroxide and form 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde and benzene.
Phenylacetone is an organic compound, an aromatic ketone with the formula C6H5CH2COCH3. It is used as precursor in organic chemistry for the synthesis of many aromatic compounds, but it's main infamous use is as precursor for amphetamine-class substances, although the P2P method has largely fallen out of favor due to P2P becoming a controlled substance, being replaced with the more accessible "Birch method" (pseudoephedrine reduction).