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5-Methyl-2-hexanone

C7H14O, 114.188 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

Organic — ketone9 measured properties

Drawn from the SMILES. It shows how the atoms are connected — not a photograph of a molecule, and not its shape in space.

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₇H₁₄O
Molecular weight
114.188 g/mol
Exact mass
114.104465 g/mol
SMILES
CC(=O)CCC(C)C
InChI
InChI=1S/C7H14O/c1-6(2)4-5-7(3)8/h6H,4-5H2,1-3H3
InChIKey
FFWSICBKRCICMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Both are open without an account.

Measured properties

Values somebody obtained from a sample and published. Where two sources report the same property they are both shown, in the units each used — a disagreement between them is information, and averaging it away would be inventing a number neither one gave.

Boiling Point
291 °F at 760 mmHg (NIOSH, 2024)measured · reference compound database
144 °Cmeasured · Lide, D.R. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 86TH Edition 2005-2006. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL 2005, p. 3-200
144 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
291 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
144 °C @760 [mm Hg]measured · reference compound database
291 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
Melting Point
-101 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · reference compound database
Freezing pt: -73.9 °Cmeasured · Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001., p. 737
-74 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
-74 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
-101 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
-73.9 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
-101 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
Flash Point
97 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · reference compound database
36 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
96 °F (36 °C) (Closed cup)measured · Fire Protection Guide to Hazardous Materials. 13 ed. Quincy, MA: National Fire Protection Association, 2002., p. 325-86
110 °F (open cup)measured · Lewis, R.J. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. 9th ed. Volumes 1-3. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996., p. 2252
36 °C c.c.measured · reference compound database
97 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
97 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
Solubility
0.5 % (NIOSH, 2024)measured · reference compound database
In water, 5400 mg/L at 25 °Cmeasured · PMID:6376602; Amoore JE, Hautala E; J Appl Toxicol 3: 272-90 (1983)
Miscible with ethanol and ether; very soluble in acetone, benzene; soluble in carbon tetrachloridemeasured · Lide, D.R., G.W.A. Milne (eds.). Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. Volume I. 3rd ed. CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton ,FL. 1994., p. V3: 3118
Miscible with most org solventsmeasured · Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001., p. 737
5.4 mg/mL at 25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Solubility in water, g/100ml at 20 °C: 0.5 (poor)measured · reference compound database
0.5%measured · reference compound database
Density
0.81 (NIOSH, 2024) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · reference compound database
0.888 g/cu cm at 20 °C/20 °Cmeasured · Lide, D.R. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics 86TH Edition 2005-2006. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL 2005, p. 3-200
Relative density (water = 1): 0.89measured · reference compound database
0.81measured · reference compound database
0.89 @ 20°Cmeasured · reference compound database
0.81measured · reference compound database
Vapor Pressure
5 mmHg (NIOSH, 2024)measured · reference compound database
5.77 [mmHg]measured · reference compound database
5.77 mm Hg at 25 °Cmeasured · PMID:7676461; Alarie Y et al; Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 134: 92-99 (1995)
Vapor pressure, kPa at 20 °C: 0.6measured · reference compound database
5 mmHgmeasured · reference compound database
5.77 [mm Hg] @25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
5 mmHgmeasured · reference compound database
LogP
log Kow = 1.88measured · Hansch, C., Leo, A., D. Hoekman. Exploring QSAR - Hydrophobic, Electronic, and Steric Constants. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society., 1995., p. 35
1.88measured · reference compound database
1.72 (estimated)measured · reference compound database
1.88measured · reference compound database
Viscosity
0.77 cP at 20 °Cmeasured · Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. 4th ed. Volumes 1: New York, NY. John Wiley and Sons, 1991-Present., p. V14 980
Refractive Index
Index of refraction: 1.4062 at 20 °C/Dmeasured · Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 14th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2001., p. 737

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure rather than from a sample. These are reproducible and they are not measurements: a calculated partition coefficient and a measured one can differ by a long way, and where both exist they are listed apart on purpose.

logP
2.0116calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
17.07 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
0calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
3calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
34.753 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0.8571calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.5482calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
8
Total atoms, hydrogen included
22
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Ketone

    A carbonyl bonded to two carbons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

Rotate and inspect the atoms. Loaded only when you ask, so the page stays light.

The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves 5-Methyl-2-hexanone yet.

Other names for it

No systematic name is recorded.

The sources also call it 5-Methylhexan-2-one, 2-Hexanone, 5-methyl-, Isoamyl methyl ketone, Methyl isoamyl ketone, Isopentyl methyl ketone, MIAK, Methyl isopentyl ketone, 2-Methyl-5-hexanone, Ketone, methyl isoamyl, 3-Methylbutyl methyl ketone, Isobutylacetone, (CH3)2CHCH2CH2COCH3.

Structurally related

Molecules sharing this formula, or whose fingerprint is at least 40% similar to this one. Similarity is Tanimoto on Morgan fingerprints over this library only — it is a measure of structural overlap, not of how alike they behave.

Where these values came from

  • chemistry engine

    structure perception

No matching record was found in the currently indexed sources (reference compound database)..

What this page does not claim

The identifiers are what the source record holds, copied rather than recomputed. Measured values are reported as their source gave them, units and all; calculated values are marked as calculated and are not measurements. Where a field is absent the page says so, because a blank cell reads as a zero and a guessed value reads as a fact.

Nothing here is a hazard assessment, a purity statement or advice about handling a sample. A flash point quoted from a safety database is a number somebody published, not a judgement by us about whether this molecule is safe for what you intend.