ALL meanings of ketone
ke·tone
K k - noun ketone An organic compound containing a carbonyl group CO bonded to two hydrocarbon groups, made by oxidizing secondary alcohols. The simplest such compound is acetone. 1
- noun ketone any of a class of organic compounds containing a carbonyl group, CO, attached to two alkyl groups, as CH 3 COCH 3 or CH 3 COC 2 H 5 . 1
- adjective ketone containing the ketone group. 1
- noun ketone (organic chemistry) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule. 0
- noun ketone any of a class of compounds with the general formula R′COR, where R and R′ are alkyl or aryl groups 0
- noun ketone an organic chemical compound containing the carbonyl group, CO, in combination with two hydrocarbon radicals 0