Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Dibenzylideneacetone or dibenzalacetone often abbreviated dba is an organic compound with the formula C17H14O. It is a bright-yellow solid insoluble in water but soluble in ethanol. Dibenzylideneacetone is used as a sunscreen component and as a ligand in organometallic chemistry for instance in tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0).
