What is acetophenone or methyl phenyl ketone in chemistry?

A colourless crystalline solid malting point 293 K obtained by treating benzene with acetyle chloride ,in the presence of anhydrous aluminium chloride .
it is having a pleasant smell . it is slightly soluble in water . it is used to prepare hypnone (sleep producing drug and in perfumery.






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What is acetophenone or methyl phenyl ketone in chemistry?

Acetophenone is the organic compound with the formula C6H5C(O)CH3. It is the simplest aromatic ketone. ... Acetophenone is a methyl ketone that is acetone in which one of the methyl groups has been replaced by a phenyl group. It has a role as a photosensitizing agent, an animal metabolite and a xenobiotic.