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Ketone
Ke′tone
(kē′tōn)
, Noun.
[Cf.
Acetone
.] (Chem.)
One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (
CO
) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor. ☞ The ketones are named by adding the suffix-one to the stems of the organic acids from which they are respectively derived; thus, acetic acid gives acetone; butyric acid, butyrone, etc.