FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Chemical: butan-2-one
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General Information
Name
butan-2-one
FlyBase ID
FBch0000086
ChEBI Name
butan-2-one
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:28398
PubChem Name
Methyl Ethyl Ketone
PubChem ID
CID:6569
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of butan-2-one
butan-2-one
InChIKey

ZWEHNKRNPOVVGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: Butan-2-one is a dialkyl ketone that is a four-carbon ketone carrying a single keto- group at position C-2. It has a role as a polar aprotic solvent and a bacterial metabolite. It is a dialkyl ketone, a methyl ketone, a volatile organic compound and a butanone.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (37)
Synonyms
2-Butanon
(ChEBI, 2019-)
2-Butanone
(Brown et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
2-butanone
(Perry et al., 2024, Kato et al., 2023, Chahda et al., 2019, PubChem, 2019-, Badel et al., 2016)
3-butanone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
78-93-3
(PubChem, 2019-)
Aethylmethylketon
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Butan-2-one
(PubChem, 2019-)
Butanone
(PubChem, 2019-)
C2H5COCH3
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Ethyl methyl ketone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Ethylmethylketon
(ChEBI, 2019-)
MEK
(ChEBI, 2019-)
METHYL ETHYL KETONE
(PubChem, 2019-)
Meetco
(PubChem, 2019-)
Methyl acetone
(PubChem, 2019-)
Methyl ethyl ketone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Methylethyl ketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
Methylethylketon
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Methylethylketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:6569
(PubChem, 2019-)
butan-2-one
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Badel et al., 2016)
butanone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
butanone 2
(ChEBI, 2019-)
ethyl methyl cetone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
ethyl methyl ketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl(methyl) ketone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
ethylmethyl ketone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
meetco
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
methyl acetone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
methyl ethyl cetone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
methyl ethyl ketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
methyl(ethyl) ketone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
methylacetone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
methylethyl ketone
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
methylethylketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
oxobutane
(ChEBI, 2019-)
pubchem:6569
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (8)