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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.
Definition 2024
Ketone
ketone
ketone
See also: Ketone
English
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.
- acetone R1 = R2 = CH3
- methyl ethyl ketone R1 = CH3, R2 = C2H5
- camphor C₁₀H₁₇O
Derived terms
Related terms
- aldehyde R2 = H
- tautomerism
Translations
organic chemicals with the >CO functional group