OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 13535

ketone

/ˈkiːtəʊn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cetona • quetona
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
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