Definition of Benzophenone

1. Noun. (context: organic chemistry countable) Any of a class of aromatic ketones based on the parent compound diphenylketone (C6H5)2CO; used, amongst other things, as ingredients in sunblock. ¹

2. Noun. (context: organic compound uncountable) The compound diphenylmethanone. ¹

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Definition of Benzophenone

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benzophenone

benzole
benzole benzol
benzoles
benzoline
benzolines
benzols
benzomorphan
benzomorphans
benzonaphthothiophene
benzonase
benzonatate
benzonitrile
benzonitriles
benzophenanthridine
benzophenanthridines
benzophenone (current term)
benzophenone synthase
benzophenoneidum
benzophenones
benzoporphyrins
benzopurpurin 4B
benzopyran
benzopyranic
benzopyrans
benzopyrazine
benzopyrazines
benzopyrazole
benzopyrazoles
benzopyrene
benzopyrene hydroxylase

Literary usage of Benzophenone

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"A careful study of the reaction between benzophenone chloride and phenol has been ... The Preparation of benzophenone Chloride.—In studying the Friedel and ..."

2. A Handbook of Organic Chemistry: For the Use of Students by William Gregory (1856)
"It is nearly pure benzophenone, and on standing concretes into a mass of crystals ... with naphthaline, we can understand their formation from benzophenone. ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"It can also be prepared by the direct action of benzophenone chloride on ... For this work benzophenone chloride was prepared according to the method of ..."

4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1900)
"is produced when РС)5 acts upon benzophenone. When healed with water it reverts to benzophenone, while with silver it yields ..."

5. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"OH, which also results from benzophenone and sodium amalgam. It crystallizes in glancing silky needles, possesses in every respect the character of a ..."

6. High-temperature Measurements by Henri Le Chatelier, Octave Boudouard (1904)
"Use may be made of the boiling-points of water, aniline or naphthaline, and benzophenone, or of the tin freezing-point. Water.—100° by definition, with a ..."

7. Wöhler's Outlines of Organic Chemistry by Friedrich Wöhler, Ira Remsen, Rudolph Fittig (1873)
"275) with an alcoholic solution of potassium sulphite. The free acid is a heavy, violet, very unstable oil. ACETONES. benzophenone ..."

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