Ketones

Ketones are good solvents for a variety of compounds and are miscible with most other solvents. The are however fairly reactive towards acids, bases, electrophiles and nucleophiles which makes them less well suited for chemical reactions.

Physical properties
Solvent parameters (polarity scales and 2 part parameter sets)
Solvent parameters (3 part parameter sets)

Physical properties
Name	CAS Nr	Formula	Mw	Mp (°C)	Bp (°C)	ρ (g/ml)	Vapour pressure (Torr)	Evaporation rate (rel. ether)	Surface tension	Viscosity
acetone	67-64-1	C₃H₆O	58.08	-95	57	0.790	185	1.8	23.3	0.4
methyl ethyl ketone	78-93-3	C₄H₈O	72.11	-86	80	0.805	74	2.5	24.0	0.4
diethyl ketone	96-22-0	C₅H₁₀O	86.13	-39	101	0.815
methyl isobutyl ketone	108-10-1	C₆H₁₂O	100.16	-85	118	0.801	16	5.6	23.6	0.6
methyl isoamyl ketone	110-12-3	C₇H₁₄O	114.19	-74	144	0.888	6			0.8
cyclohexanone	108-94-1	C₆H₁₀O	98.14	-32	156	0.948	3	41.0	34.5	2.2
acetophenone	98-86-2	C₈H₈O	120.15	20	202	1.024	0		12.0	1.7

Solvent parameters (1 or 2 part, polarity or acid-base, donor-acceptor)
Name	n_D	ε_r	ε⁰	ε⁰	E_T	Hildebrant	Snyder	Gutmann		Fawcett
			(Al₂O₃ )	(SiO₂ )		δ	P'	AN	DN	Ap	Bp
acetone	1.3586	20.70	0.6	0.5	42.2	10.0	5.1	12.50	17.00	22.00	12.55
methyl ethyl ketone	1.3788	18.51	0.5	0.4	41.3	9.3	4.7		17.40
diethyl ketone	1.3920	17.30			39.3				15.00
methyl isobutyl ketone	1.3957	13.11			39.4	8.4	4.2
methyl isoamyl ketone	1.4070					8.3	4.0
cyclohexanone	1.4480	18.20			39.8	9.9			18.00
acetophenone	1.5325	17.40			40.6				15.00

Solvent parameters (3 part, *e.g.* dispersion-acceptor-donor)
Name	Hansen			Snyder			Catalan
	δ_d	δ_p	δ_h	x_d	x_e	x_h	SPP	SB	SA
acetone	7.6	5.1	3.4	0.23	0.35	0.42	0.88	0.48	0.00
methyl ethyl ketone	7.8	4.4	2.5	0.22	0.35	0.43	0.88	0.52	0.00
diethyl ketone	7.7	3.7	2.3				0.88	0.56	0.00
methyl isobutyl ketone	7.5	3.0	2.0				0.89	0.54	0.00
methyl isoamyl ketone	7.8	2.8	2.0
cyclohexanone	8.7	3.1	2.5				0.87	0.48	0.00
acetophenone	9.6	4.2	1.8				0.90	0.37	0.04