4954 5-Methyl-2-hexanone 5-Methyl-2-hexanone is found in animal foods. 5-Methyl-2-hexanone is a volatile component in fruit pulp of papaya (Carica papaya), black tea aroma and in cooked beef and egg aroma 5-Methyl-2-hexanone belongs to the family of Ketones. These are organic compounds in which a carbonyl group is bonded to two carbon atoms R2C=O (neither R may be H) [1]. (Reference: [1] IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. doi:10.1351/goldbook. (PAC, 1995, 67, 1307 (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1346)). 110-12-3 8034 C7H14O -74 °C 145°C (293°F) 5.4 mg/mL at 25 °C No indication of carcinogenicity to humans (not listed by IARC). 2014-09-11T05:21:25Z 2026-03-31T18:30:42Z true CC(C)CCC(C)=O C7H14O InChI=1S/C7H14O/c1-6(2)4-5-7(3)8/h6H,4-5H2,1-3H3 FFWSICBKRCICMR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 114.1855 114.10446507 Exogenous Liquid 1.88 HMDB31549 7743 CHEM003855 DTXSID5021914 NS00010079 5-methylhexan-2-one