ketone
See also: Ketone
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Keton, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Aketon (“acetone”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French acétone (“acetone”). See acetone.
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
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References
- “ketone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ketone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.