benzophenone
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See also: benzophénone
English
Noun
benzophenone (countable and uncountable, plural benzophenones)
- (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic ketones based on the parent compound diphenylketone (C6H5)2CO; used, amongst other things, as ingredients in sunblock.
- (organic chemistry, uncountable) The compound diphenylmethanone.
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Translations
any of a class of aromatic ketones
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