Definition of Cyclohexanone

1. Noun. (organic compound) The alicyclic ketone obtained from cyclohexane by the replacement of a methylene group by a carbonyl group. ¹

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Definition of Cyclohexanone

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclohexanone

cyclohexadiene
cyclohexadienedione
cyclohexadienediones
cyclohexadienyl dehydratase
cyclohexamantane
cyclohexamide
cyclohexane
cyclohexanehexone
cyclohexanes
cyclohexanesulfamic acid
cyclohexannulated
cyclohexannulation
cyclohexanol
cyclohexanol phthalate
cyclohexanols
cyclohexanone (current term)
cyclohexanone oxygenase
cyclohexanones
cyclohexaphane
cyclohexaphanes
cyclohexatriene
cyclohexene
cyclohexenes
cyclohexenone
cyclohexenones
cycloheximide
cycloheximides
cyclohexitol
cyclohexyl
cyclohexylallene

Literary usage of Cyclohexanone

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"On reduction with tin and hydrochloric acid, the corresponding amine is not formed but cyclohexanone or its condensation products are formed, ..."

2. Catalytic Hydrogenation and Reduction by Edward Bradford Maxted (1919)
"CH-OH CO ^CH, CH2 + Ha CH2 CH2 cyclohexanone. ... cyclohexanone was found to pass into cyclohexane and by dehydrogenation into phenol. ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"cyclohexanone-X-C14. The crude cyclohexanol-X-C14 (9.0 g) was placed in a 500-ml, round-bottomed flask and cooled in an ice bath. A cold solution containing ..."

4. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"... cyclohexanone and methyl- cyclohexanone toward ... cyclohexanone,- methylcyclohexanone and (AcH)3 toward PhC(:NH)- CH,CN; ..."

5. Toxic Substances Control Act: Legislative Changes Could Make the Act More by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"In a June report, we cited three cases in which EPA had determined, on the basis of test results, that the chemicals—cyclohexanone, ethylhexanoic acid, ..."

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