Shubham Sharma presented on acetone. Acetone, also known as propan-2-one, is the simplest ketone with the formula (CH3)2CO. It serves as an important industrial and laboratory solvent that can dissolve many compounds. The presentation covered the structure, properties, material safety data sheet, and common impurities of acetone, as well as several purification methods.

1. Presented By
Shubham Sharma
M .Pharm (1sem)
(Pharmaceutical Chemistry)
Roll No-20029
Presented To
Dr. Poonam Piplani
UIPS, Panjab University

2. CONTENTS
 ABOUT THE COMPOUND
 STRUCTURE
 PROPERTIES
 MSDS
 PURIFICATION OFACETONE

3. • Acetone (IUPAC name Propan-2-one) is the organic
compound with the formula (CH3) 2 CO. It is the Simplest
Ketone. It is also known as dimethyl ketone and propanone.
• Acetone serves as an important solvent in the lab as well as
in the industry.
• It also serves as a cleaning agent as it is able to dissolve
almost all the compounds.
ABOUT THE COMPOUND

4. STRUCTURE

5. PROPERTIES

6. MSDS(MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET)

7. IMPURITIES IN ACETONE:
Major impurities in commercial grades of
acetone are methanol, acetic acid and water,
the analytical reagent contains less than 0.1
percent of the organic impurities
Although the water content may be as high as
1%.

8. PURIFICATION OF ACETONE
It can be purified by several methods:-

9. REFERENCES
 Brian S. Furniss, Antony J. Hannaford, Peter W.J. Smith, Austin R. Tatchell,
E.(1989),Vogel’s Textbook Of Practical Organic Chemistry, Harlow , Longman
Scientific and technical ,PP 407-408.
 https://indianpetrochem.com/report/acetonereport

10. THANK YOU