描述
Isopropyl ethyl ketone (or ethyl isopropyl ketone) is a volatile organic compound. Isopropyl ethyl ketone is an aliphatic ketone used as a reagent in organic chemistry and as a solvent. Isopropyl ethyl ketone is occasionally found as a volatile component of normal human biofluids. It is a component of the feces in the normal population. Volatile organic compounds from feces have the potential to help in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal disease. (PMID: 5556886, 17314143). 2-Methylpentan-3-one is found in corn.