Product Description
Acetophenone (C6H5COCH3) is an organic compound used as an ingredient in perfumes and as a chemical intermediate in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, resins, flavoring agents, and a form of tear gas. It also has been used as a drug to induce sleep. Acetophenone is a naturally occurring fragrant substance used to impart scents in a variety of products. Many perfumers would describe its smell as almond, orange, cherry, honeysuckle, jasmine, and strawberry, and would use acetophenone to accentuate powdery and sweet base notes.
Application
Acetophenone is an important organic reagent widely used in the food, flavoring, chemical, pharmaceutical, and plastics industries. It is used as a flavoring agent in the manufacture of soaps and perfumes, as a flavoring agent in food, as a catalyst in olefin polymerization, as a photosensitizer in organic synthesis, as an analgesic and anesthetic in medical products; as a solvent in plastics and resins, etc.
Acetophenone is a common ingredient in skin, body, and hair care products, used as a masking agent that covers the unpleasant scents of other ingredients, or is just a fragrance. It is also used in soaps, air fresheners, and detergents.
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