Cyclopentanone (CAS 120-92-3) is a mid-boiling alicyclic ketone used principally as a process solvent and chemical intermediate. It delivers strong solvency for resins, oils and specialty organics and is widely employed in formulation, synthesis and fragrance intermediate production.
Application
- Coatings & adhesives solvent
Used as a processing solvent and viscosity modifier for alkyds, nitrocellulose and specialty resin systems. - Fine-chemical & pharmaceutical intermediate
Used as a building block and reaction medium in multi-step syntheses for specialty intermediates. - Fragrance & flavor intermediate
Serves as an intermediate or solvent in the manufacture of fragrance and flavor ingredients (industrial intermediate use). - Agrochemical intermediate
Employed in synthetic routes for selected agrochemical intermediates and formulation steps. - Polymer processing & resin formulation
Used in polymer dissolution, resin modification and additive manufacture where ketone solvency is required. - Analytical & laboratory reagent
Provided in small packs for R&D, method development and QC use.
