ketide

English

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Noun

ketide (plural ketides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing adjacent methylene and carbonyl functional groups.

Derived terms

• decaketide
• diketide
• heptaketide
• hexaketide
• ketidic
• nonaketide
• octaketide
• oligoketide
• pentaketide
• polyketide
• tetraketide
• triketide