acetophenone

English

Etymology

aceto- +‎ phenone

Noun

acetophenone (countable and uncountable, plural acetophenones)

2. (organic chemistry) The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds

Derived terms

• aminoacetophenone
• chloroacetophenone
• chlorofluoroacetophenone
• dichloroacetophenone

 

Translations

an aromatic ketone

• Finnish: asetofenoni
• Greek: ακετοφαινόνη f (aketofainóni)
• Italian: acetofenone (it) m
• Polish: acetofenon (pl) m, acetylobenzen m, fenylometyloketon m, metylofenyloketon m
• Portuguese: acetofenona f

Further reading

• acetophenone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia