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  <version>1.0</version>
  <creation_date>2010-04-08 22:07:54 UTC</creation_date>
  <update_date>2025-11-18 23:06:25 UTC</update_date>
  <accession>FDB008059</accession>
  <name>4-Heptanone</name>
  <description>Flavouring ingredient

Is a volatile organic ketone found in almost all urine samples of normal individuals. (PMID 15996539); It has been hypothesized that arises from in vivo beta-oxidation of 2-ethylhexanoic acid (EHA) from plasticizers, similar to formation of 3-heptanone from valproic acid. (PMID 11282094).</description>
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    <synonym>(n-C3H7)2CO</synonym>
    <synonym>4-Oxoheptane</synonym>
    <synonym>Butyrone</synonym>
    <synonym>Di-n-propyl ketone</synonym>
    <synonym>Dipropyl ketone</synonym>
    <synonym>Dipropyl ketone [UN2710] [Flammable liquid]</synonym>
    <synonym>FEMA 2546</synonym>
    <synonym>Heptan-4-one</synonym>
    <synonym>Propyl ketone</synonym>
  </synonyms>
  <chemical_formula>C7H14O</chemical_formula>
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  <iupac_name>heptan-4-one</iupac_name>
  <traditional_iupac>propyl ketone</traditional_iupac>
  <cas_registry_number>123-19-3</cas_registry_number>
  <smiles>CCCC(=O)CCC</smiles>
  <inchi>InChI=1S/C7H14O/c1-3-5-7(8)6-4-2/h3-6H2,1-2H3</inchi>
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    <description> belongs to the class of organic compounds known as ketones. These are organic compounds  in which a carbonyl group is bonded to two carbon atoms R2C=O (neither R may be a hydrogen atom). Ketones that have one or more alpha-hydrogen atoms undergo keto-enol tautomerization, the tautomer being an enol.</description>
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    <class>Organooxygen compounds</class>
    <sub_class>Carbonyl compounds</sub_class>
    <molecular_framework>Aliphatic acyclic compounds</molecular_framework>
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      <alternative_parent>Hydrocarbon derivatives</alternative_parent>
      <alternative_parent>Organic oxides</alternative_parent>
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      <substituent>Aliphatic acyclic compound</substituent>
      <substituent>Hydrocarbon derivative</substituent>
      <substituent>Ketone</substituent>
      <substituent>Organic oxide</substituent>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <source>ChemAxon</source>
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    <reference>#&lt;Reference:0x000055ce32079c10&gt;</reference>
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