Dictionary
ke•tone
Pronunciation: (kē'tōn), [key]—
n. Chem.
any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH
3COCH
3 or CH
3COC
2H
5.
—
adj.
containing the ketone group.
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