acetophenone

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Etymology

From aceto- +‎ phenone.

Noun

acetophenone (countable and uncountable, plural acetophenones)

  1. (organic chemistry) The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds

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