myristonen.
/mʌɪˈrɪstəʊn/, /mᵻˈrɪstəʊn/, U.S. /maɪˈrɪˌstoʊn/, /mᵻˈrɪˌstoʊn/ Chemistry.
A crystalline ketone, (C13H27)2CO, obtainable from the distillation of calcium or barium myristate.
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1854 R. D. Thomson Cycl. Chem. 376/2 Myristone, C50H50O2. Pearly scales by distilling myristate of lime.
1911 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 33 2050 The substance obtained is undoubtedly myristone, a ketone of the formula (C13H27)2CO.
1931 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 18 518 The chief proximate components of waxes [include] ketones of high molecular weight such as myristone.
1942 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 181 36 The coefficient of friction below the transition temperature..for ceryl alcohol and myristone films of varying thickness are given in table 2.
1972 Phytochemistry 11 2884 Myristone, C27H54O, m.p. 75–76°.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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