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Michler's Ketone

Michler's ketone

[′mik·lərz ′kē‚tōn]
(organic chemistry)
tetramethyldiaminobenzophenone
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Michler’s Ketone

 

di-p-dimethylaminobenzophenone; silvery-green crystals. Melting point, 179°C. Virtually insoluble in water, ether, and alcohol but dissolves in pyridine and warm benzene. Michler’s ketone (III) is prepared commercially by treating dimethylaniline (II) with phosgene (I):

Michler’s ketone is a valuable intermediate product in the manufacture of triarylmethane dyes. It was discovered in 1876 by the German chemist W. Michler.

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Michler's ketone is the derivative of benzophenone, which has good photoinitiation efficiency and is widely used (28-30).
Michler's ketone itself has good photoinitiation properties because its structure contains parent benzophenone and coinitiator amine.
Polymeric Michler's ketone photoinitiator containing coinitiator amine
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