Acetophenone

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds countable, uncountable

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"Acetophenone has an orange-blossom scent."

Etymology

From aceto- + phenone.

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