Definition of tropolone in English:
tropolone
noun ˈtrɒpələʊnˈträpəˌlōn
mass nounChemistry An organic compound present in various plants, with a molecule based on a seven-membered carbon ring.
Chemical formula: C₇H₆O₂
Example sentencesExamples
- Various derivatives of tropolone have been synthesized, and recently three independent syntheses of tropolone have been described.
- The present invention relates to oral care compositions suitable for preventing or treating diseases or conditions of the oral cavity in warm-blooded animals including humans, comprising an oral care effective amount of at least one tropolone compound in combination with at least one essential oil, and a pharmaceutically acceptable oral carrier.
- Negative controls were previously incubated in 10 mM tropolone, a specific inhibitor for PPO activity.
- Most remarkably, with the addition of one water molecule to tropolone the observed tunneling splitting vanishes.
Origin
1940s: from tropilidine (a liquid hydrocarbon) + -ol + -one.