English
Etymology
From G. term|keton|langde < G. term|Aketon||acetone|langde < F. term|acétone||acetone|lang=fr. See term|acetone.
Noun
en-noun
- 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 R<sub>1</sub> R<sub>2</sub> CH<sub>3</sub>
#*methyl ethyl ketone R<sub>1</sub> CH<sub>3</sub>, R<sub>2</sub> C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>
#*camphor C��H��O
Derived terms
top2
ketoacidosis
ketogenesis
mid2
ketone body
ketosis
bottom2
Related terms
aldehyde R<sub>2</sub> = H
tautomerism
Translations
trans-top|organic chemicals with the >CO functional group
French: t-|fr|cétone|f
Italian: t|it|chetone|m
trans-mid
Russian: t|ru|ке�он|m|trketón|scCyrl
Swedish: t|sv|keton|c
trans-bottom
References
R:1913
R:Online Etymology Dictionary
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