tropone
/ˈtrəʊpəʊn/Chemistry
noun
A viscous liquid ketone, of which tropolone is the hydroxylated derivative.
- The tropone molecule has a seven-membered carbon ring and is aromatic in character. Systematic name: 2,4,6-cycloheptatrien-1-one; C7H6O..
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Journal of the American Chemical Society. From trop- + -one.
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