Lexic.us

Definition of Ketone

1. Noun. Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals.

Definition of Ketone

1. n. One of a large class of organic substances resembling the aldehydes, obtained by the distillation of certain salts of organic acids and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor.

Definition of Ketone

1. 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. ¹

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Definition of Ketone

1. a type of chemical compound [n -S] : KETONIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Ketone

1. A byproduct of fat metabolism. An overabundance of ketones in the bloodstream is seen in a severe metabolic derangement known as diabetic ketoacidosis. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ketone

Literary usage of Ketone

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

1. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"A number of substitution derivatives of diphenyl ketone have been obtained. ... with dimethylaniline at about 120° (248° F.). the diphenyl ketone derivative ..."

2. Catalysis in Organic Chemistryby Paul Sabatier by Paul Sabatier (1922)
"methyl-propyl-ketone, and methyl-butyl-ketone. It is only above 200° that decompositions of the molecules begin to take place.40 Diisopropyl*1 and ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"THE METABOLISM OF ketone BODIES IN THE RUMINANT By CHRISTIAN THIN, H. PAVER AND A. ... For intravenous injection the ketone solutions were made up in ..."

4. The Practical Methods of Organic Chemistry by Ludwig Gattermann (1914)
"REACTION: CONDENSATION OF MICHLER'S ketone WITH AH AMINE TO A DYE OF THE FUCHSINE ... If Michler's ketone is heated with an amine in the presence of a ..."

5. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"It unites in itself the properties of a ketone of the fatty series and of a ... D. Oxy-alcohols and -aldehydes; ketone-alcohols. CA<CH3.OH ° Summary. ..."

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