Methyl Ethyl Acetone (2-butanone / MEK) has a sharp, sweet, acetone-like solvent odor with a slightly fermented, ethereal fruity edge. It flashes off very quickly and reads more as a chemical solvent than a refined perfumery material.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 862.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Slightly soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils.
Very diffusive, minty-camphoraceous bitter odor of considerable penetrating effect.
This ketone has occasionally been used as a masking agent in industrial perfumes or masking compositions for industrial or household products.
1) by Grignard type synthesis. 2) from Methyl ethyl acetoacetic ester.