Acetone derived from conventional petroleum?

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Acetone, also known as dimethyl ketone, is primarily produced through the catalytic dehydrogenation of isopropanol. While isopropanol can be derived from petroleum, it is not exclusively produced from conventional petroleum sources. Therefore, acetone cannot be definitively classified as being derived solely from conventional petroleum. The classification of acetone in regulatory contexts requires a clear understanding of the term "derived" and its implications regarding the sources of isopropanol.

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Would Acetone be considered to be derived from conventional petroleum?
In the truest sense of the term "derived from conventional petroleum"
I have to answer the question yes or no so a final yes or know in the end would be very helpful. I know that acetone (dimethyl ketone) is produced chiefly by catalytic dehydrogenation of isopropanol and I searched the web for at least an hour to try to find out if it's considered to be derived from conventional petroleum in the truest sense of the term but couldn't find a definitive answer.

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Anthony
 
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Petroleum, as I understand it, is a mix of a lot of hydrocarbons and ther organic compounds. Do you know if acetone can be one of those? (i.e. can/do oil refineries separate out acetone from petrol?) Also, you know how lots of acetone is produced... by some reaction involving isopropanol... does isopropanol come from the mix? Or can isopropaol be made from some other things in petrol? Because one could go down the reaction line for a while... you probably need to clearly define what "derived" means and just write down a good argument...
 
I'm not sure if isopropanol is refined from petroleum, I can't seem to find an answer to that on the web. Whe're using acetone and we have to register it with the NYS health dept and the classification question asks: "Is the chemical derived only from conventional petroleum, heavy oil deposits, coal, tar sands and/or oil sands?" and the choice of answers is Yes or No. People in this forum are chemistry geniuses so when I got stumped after trying to research it on the web I thought to ask here.
 

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