Acetone is an important basic organic raw material and an important chemical raw material. Its main purpose is to make cellulose acetate film, plastic and coating solvent. Acetone can react with hydrocyanic acid to produce acetone cyanohydrin, which accounts for more than 1/4 of the total consumption of acetone, and acetone cyanohydrin is the raw material for preparing methyl methacrylate resin (plexiglass). In medicine and pesticide, in addition to being used as raw material of vitamin C, it can also be used as extractant of various microorganisms and hormones. The price of acetone changes with the fluctuation of upstream and downstream.
The production methods of acetone mainly include isopropanol method, cumene method, fermentation method, acetylene hydration method and propylene direct oxidation method. At present, the industrial production of acetone in the world is dominated by cumene method (about 93.2%), that is, the petroleum industrial product cumene is oxidized and rearranged into acetone by air under the catalysis of sulfuric acid, and the by-product phenol. This method has high yield, few waste products and the by-product of phenol can be obtained at the same time, so it is called “kill two birds with one stone” method.
Characteristics of acetone:
Acetone (CH3COCH3), also known as dimethyl ketone, is the simplest saturated ketone. It is a colorless transparent liquid with a special pungent smell. It is easily soluble in water, methanol, ethanol, ether, chloroform, pyridine and other organic solvents. Flammable, volatile, and active in chemical properties. At present, the industrial production of acetone in the world is dominated by cumene process. In industry, acetone is mainly used as a solvent in explosives, plastics, rubber, fiber, leather, grease, paint and other industries. It can also be used as an important raw material for synthesizing ketene, acetic anhydride, iodoform, polyisoprene rubber, methyl methacrylate, chloroform, epoxy resin and other substances. Bromophenylacetone is often used as the raw material of drugs by illegal elements.
Use of acetone:
Acetone is an important raw material for organic synthesis, which is used to produce epoxy resin, polycarbonate, organic glass, medicine, pesticide, etc. It is also a good solvent for coatings, adhesives, cylinder acetylene, etc. Also used as diluent, cleaning agent and extractant. It is also an important raw material for manufacturing acetic anhydride, diacetone alcohol, chloroform, iodoform, epoxy resin, polyisoprene rubber, methyl methacrylate, etc. It is used as solvent in smokeless powder, celluloid, acetate fiber, paint and other industries. It is used as an extraction agent in oil and other industries. It is used to prepare important organic chemical raw materials such as organic glass monomer, bisphenol A, diacetone alcohol, hexanediol, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl isobutyl methanol, phorone, isophorone, chloroform, iodoform, etc. It is used as an excellent solvent in coating, acetate fiber spinning process, acetylene storage in steel cylinders, dewaxing in oil refining industry, etc.

Chinese acetone manufacturers include:
1. Lihua Yiweiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd
2. PetroChina Jilin Petrochemical Branch
3. Shiyou Chemical (Yangzhou) Co., Ltd
4. Huizhou Zhongxin Chemical Co., Ltd
5. CNOOC Shell Petrochemical Co., Ltd
6. Changchun Chemical (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd
7. Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical Co., Ltd
8. Shanghai Sinopec Mitsui Chemical Co., Ltd. Cisa Chemical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd
9. Sinopec Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Co., Ltd
10. Zhongsha (Tianjin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd
11. Zhejiang Petrochemical Co., Ltd
12. China Bluestar Harbin Petrochemical Co., Ltd
These are the manufacturers of acetone in China, and there are many acetone traders in China to complete the worldwide sales of acetone