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Ketone

//ˈkiːtəʊn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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"

  2. 2
    any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals wordnet

Etymology

From German Keton, from Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”). See acetone.

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