Definitions for ketones

ketones ke·tone

Spelling: [kee-tohn]
IPA: /ˈki toʊn/

Ketones is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in ketones (eeknost).

Definitions for ketones

noun

  1. 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 .

adjective

  1. containing the ketone group.

Origin of ketones

1850-55; German Keton, aphetic alteration of Aceton acetone

Examples for ketones

The hexoses all contain five alcoholic groups and one primary aldehyde, or one secondary aldehyde (ketone), group.

Ionone, a ketone first prepared by Tiemann, and having when diluted a pronounced violet odour.

Besides methyl salicylate, the oil contains triaconitane, an aldehyde or ketone, and an alcohol.

The ketone group corresponds to a thermal effect of 53.52 calories.

If the groups R and R′ are identical, the ketone is called a simple ketone, if unlike, a mixed ketone.

Even the common linseed contains a glucoside which breaks up into sugar, prussic acid, and a ketone.

Word Value for ketones
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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