butanone

English

Noun

butanone (countable and uncountable, plural butanones)

1. (organic chemistry) A simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints etc.

Synonyms

• 2-butanone
• ethylmethylketone
• methyl ethyl ketone (abbreviation: MEK)
• methylpropanone

Derived terms

• nabumetone

 

Translations

the simple aliphatic ketone: CH₃CH₂COCH₃

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丁酮 (zh) (dīngtóng)

• Finnish: butanoni
• French: butanone
• Portuguese: butanona f
• Spanish: butanona f, metiletilcetona f
• Swedish: butanon c

Further reading

• butanone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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