• British Pharmacopoeia Volume V
  • Appendices
  • Appendix I A. General Reagents

Acetylacetone

Acetylacetone Pentane-2,4-dione; C5H8O2 = 100.1 (123-54-6)

Analytical reagent grade of commerce.

A colourless or slightly yellow, easily flammable liquid.

bp2012_v5_46_001_[appendix_i_a]_a_revised_texts_ep7-3 n_20_d.png, 1.452 to 1.453; boiling point, 138° to 140°.