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'''Butanone''', also known as '''methyl ethyl ketone''' ('''MEK'''),{{efn|The international standards group [[IUPAC]] has [[deprecated]] the term ''methyl ethyl ketone'', and now recommends using ''ethyl methyl ketone'' instead.<ref name=iupac2013 />}} is an [[organic compound]] with the [[chemical formula|formula]] CH₃C(O)CH₂CH₃. This colorless liquid [[ketone]] has a sharp, sweet odor reminiscent of [[butterscotch]] and [[acetone]]{{vague{{0f|date=July 2020|reason=Of each? Of a mixture? Are the 2 odors distiuishable? to no experts?}} It is produced industrially on a large scale, but occurs in nature only in trace amounts.}}<ref name=Ullmann>Wilhelm Neier, Guenter Strehlke "2-Butanone" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2002.</ref> It is soluble{{dubious| = could miscible be the proper term?}} in water, and is commonly used as an industrial solvent.<ref name="TurnerMcCreery"/> It is an [[isomer]] of another solvent, [[tetrahydrofuran]].

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