ketone

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Etymology

From German Keton, from Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”). See acetone.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːtəʊn/
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Noun

ketone (plural ketones)

  1. (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.

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