Ketone
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December 10, 2024, 2:14 PM
Etymology
From German Keton, from Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”).
See acetone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiːtəʊn/
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Noun
ketone (plural ketones)
- (organic chemistry) 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. quotations ▼
Derived terms
- aminoketone
- bromoketone
- cyanoketone
- diketone
- dimethyl ketone
- diphenylketone
- epoxyketone
- fluoroketone
- glyceroketone
- haloketone
- heteroketone
- iodoketone
- ketamine
- keto-
- ketoacidosis
- ketogenesis
- ketol
- ketonaemia
- ketone body
- ketonemia
- ketonic
- ketonimine
- ketonization
- ketonize
- ketonuria
- ketosis
- macroketone
- megaphone
- methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
- methyl isobutyl ketone
- methyl vinyl ketone
- Michler's ketone
- monoketone
- -one
- polyetheretherketone
- polyether ether ketone
- polyetherether ketone
- polyetherether-ketone
- polyetherketoneetherketoneketone
- polyketone
- raspberry ketone
- selenoketone
- tetraketone
- thioketone
- triketone
- Wieland-Miescher ketone
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Translations
show ▼±organic chemicals with the >CO functional group
See also
References
- “ketone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ketone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.