ketone
See also: Ketone
English
Etymology
From German Keton, from Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”). See acetone.
Pronunciation
Noun
ketone (plural ketones)
- (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
Derived terms
- aminoketone
- bromoketone
- cyanoketone
- diketone
- dimethyl ketone
- diphenylketone
- epoxyketone
- fluoroketone
- glyceroketone
- haloketone
- heteroketone
- iodoketone
- ketamine
- keto-
- ketoacidosis
- ketogenesis
- ketol
- ketonaemia
- ketone body
- ketonemia
- ketonic
- ketonimine
- ketonization
- ketonize
- ketonuria
- ketosis
- macroketone
- megaphone
- methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
- methyl isobutyl ketone
- methyl vinyl ketone
- Michler's ketone
- monoketone
- -one
- polyetheretherketone
- polyether ether ketone
- polyetherether ketone
- polyetherether-ketone
- polyetherketoneetherketoneketone
- polyketone
- raspberry ketone
- selenoketone
- tetraketone
- thioketone
- triketone
- Wieland-Miescher ketone
Translations
organic chemicals with the >CO functional group
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See also
References
- “ketone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ketone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.