hydroxyketone

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Noun

hydroxyketone (plural hydroxyketones)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.

Hyponyms

(hydroxyketone): α-hydroxy ketone (acyloin), β-hydroxy ketone