ketone
Noun
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Noun
ketone (plural ketones)
- (organic compound) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.
- acetone R1 = R2 = CH3
- methyl ethyl ketone R1 = CH3, R2 = C2H5
- camphor C₁₀H₁₇O
- aldehyde R2 = H
- tautomerism
- French: cétone
- German: Keton
- Italian: chetone
- Portuguese: cetona
- Russian: кето́н
- Spanish: cetona, quetona
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