acetophenone

English

Etymology

From 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
• 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