Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A compound, C6H5COCH3, formed by the distillation of a mixture of calcium acetate and benzoate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A crystalline ketone, CH3.CO.C6H5, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone.

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  • noun organic chemistry The aromatic ketone, phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds

Etymologies

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aceto- +‎ phenone

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Examples

  • I. and HASSAN, N.M. (1978) Isolation of an acetophenone derivative and coumarins from Artemisia monosperma Del.

    Chapter 5 1953

  • The choice of solvent is important, for the velocity of the reaction and the nature of the product may vary according to the solvent used, thus A. Baeyer and F. Blom found that on brominating orthoacetamido-acetophenone in presence of water or acetic acid, the bromine goes into the benzene nucleus, whilst in chloroform or sulphuric acid or by use of bromine vapour it goes into the side chain as well.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

  • Petrochemical products marketing company Plaza Group of Houston, has signed a multi-year contract to sell merchant phenol, acetone, AMS, acetophenone and cumene products made at Blue Island Phenol's facility in Blue Island, Ill., starting July 1.

    Purchasing - Top Stories 2010

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