ketone
/ˈkiːtəʊn
/noun Chemistry
An organic compound containing a carbonyl group CO bonded to two hydrocarbon groups, made by oxidizing secondary alcohols. The simplest such compound is acetone.Low molecular weight aldehydes and ketones are soluble in water because the carbonyl oxygen atom allows the molecules to form strong hydrogen bonds with the molecules of water....
- Over time, however, it oxidizes and chemically degrades to form alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, acids and esters.
- In this reaction, an ester joins with another ester, a ketone, or a nitrile.
Derivatives
ketonic
- This type of reaction gives as its product a beta ketonic ester, ketone, or nitrile (depending upon the starting compounds) and an alcohol.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from German Keton, alteration of Aketon 'acetone'.