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Definition of Acetophenone
1. n. A crystalline ketone, CH3COC6H5, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone.
Definition of Acetophenone
1. Noun. (organic compound) The aromatic ketone, ''phenyl methyl ketone'', used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds ¹
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