The Ethyl 2-pentylacetoacetate with its cas register number is 24317-94-0. It also can be called as Heptanoic acid,2-acetyl-, ethyl ester and the IUPAC Name about this chemical is ethyl 2-acetylheptanoate.

Physical properties about Ethyl 2-pentylacetoacetate are: (1)ACD/LogP: 3.19; (2)ACD/LogD (pH 5.5): 3.19; (3)ACD/LogD (pH 7.4): 3.19; (4)ACD/BCF (pH 5.5): 156.15; (5)ACD/BCF (pH 7.4): 156.15; (6)ACD/KOC (pH 5.5): 1293.46; (7)ACD/KOC (pH 7.4): 1293.43; (8)#H bond acceptors: 3; (9)#Freely Rotating Bonds: 8; (10)Polar Surface Area: 43.37Ų; (11)Index of Refraction: 1.432; (12)Molar Refractivity: 54.77 cm³; (13)Molar Volume: 211 cm³; (14)Polarizability: 21.71x10^-24cm³; (15)Surface Tension: 30.7 dyne/cm; (16)Enthalpy of Vaporization: 47.73 kJ/mol; (17)Vapour Pressure: 0.038 mmHg at 25°C.

Preparation: this chemical can be prepared by acetoacetic acid ethyl ester and 1-bromo-pentane. This reaction will need reagent EtONa and solvent ethanol. The reaction time is 16 hour(s). The yield is about 66 %. This reaction needs heating.

Uses of Ethyl 2-pentylacetoacetate: it can be used to produce 2-acetyl-2-pentyl-pentanedioic acid 1-ethyl ester 5-methyl ester with 3-bromo-propionic acid methyl ester at temperature of 100 ℃. It will need reagent NaH and solvent imethylformamide, hexamethylphosphoric acid triamide with reaction time of 3 hours. The yield is about 65%.

You can still convert the following datas into molecular structure:
(1)Canonical SMILES: CCCCCC(C(=O)C)C(=O)OCC
(2)InChI: InChI=1S/C11H20O3/c1-4-6-7-8-10(9(3)12)11(13)14-5-2/h10H,4-8H2,1-3H3
(3)InChIKey: XIGZBCUFFUBWDM-UHFFFAOYSA-N