hydroxyacetone

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| ImageFile = Acetols.svg

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| PIN = 1-Hydroxyacetone

| SystematicName = 1-Hydroxypropan-2-one

| OtherNames = 1-Hydroxy-2-propanone
Acetomethyl alcohol
Acetol

| Section1 = {{Chembox Identifiers

| CASNo = 116-09-6

| PubChem = 8299

| EC_number = 204-124-8

| Beilstein = 605368

| ChemSpiderID = 21106125

| UNII = 7I7YM0835W

| SMILES = CC(=O)CO

| InChI = 1S/C3H6O2/c1-3(5)2-4/h4H,2H2,1H3

| InChIKey = XLSMFKSTNGKWQX-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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| Section2 = {{Chembox Properties

| C=3 | H=6 | O=2

| Appearance = Colorless liquid

| Odour = Sweet

| Density = 1.059 g/cm³{{cite journal|last1=Nodzu|first1=Ryuzaburo|title=On the Action of Phosphate Upon Hexoses. I. The Formation of Acetol From Glucose in Acidic Solution of Potassium Phosphate|journal=Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.|date=1935|volume=10|issue=3|pages=122–130|doi=10.1246/bcsj.10.122|doi-access=free}}

| MeltingPtC = −17

| BoilingPtC = 145–146

| VaporPressure = 7.5 hPa at 20 °C

| Solubility =

| RefractIndex = 1.415

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| Section3 = {{Chembox Hazards

| MainHazards =

| HPhrases = {{H-phrases|226}}{{Sigma-Aldrich|id=W446207|name=Hydroxyacetone|accessdate=2 July 2015}}

| FlashPt = 56 °C (closed cup)

| AutoignitionPt =

| ExploLimits = Upper limit: 14.9%(V)
Lower limit: 3%(V)

| LD50 = 2200 mg/kg (rat, oral){{cite journal|last1=Smyth|first1=H. F. Jr|last2=Carpenter|first2=C. P.|title=Further experience with the range finding test in the industrial toxicology laboratory|journal=The Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology|date=January 1948|volume=30|issue=1|pages=63–8|pmid=18895731}}

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Hydroxyacetone, also known as acetol, is the organic chemical with the formula CH₃C(O)CH₂OH. It consists of a primary alcohol substituent on acetone. It is an α-hydroxyketone, also called a ketol, and is the simplest hydroxy ketone structure. It is a colorless, distillable liquid.