ketone

Etymology

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

noun

  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.
    acetone R₁ = R₂ = CH₃
    methyl ethyl ketone R₁ = CH₃, R₂ = C₂H₅
    camphor C₁₀H₁₇O

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