ketone

See also: Ketone

English

Etymology

From German Keton, from Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”). See acetone.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːtəʊn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkitoʊn/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -iːtəʊn

Noun

ketone (plural ketones)

1. (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.
   • acetone R₁ = R₂ = CH₃
   • methyl ethyl ketone R₁ = CH₃, R₂ = C₂H₅
   • camphor C₁₀H₁₇O

Derived terms

• aminoketone
• bromoketone
• cyanoketone
• diketone
• dimethyl ketone
• diphenylketone
• epoxyketone
• fluoroketone
• glyceroketone
• haloketone
• heteroketone
• iodoketone
• ketamine
• keto-
• ketoacidosis
• ketogenesis
• ketol
• ketonaemia
• ketone body
• ketonemia
• ketonic
• ketonimine
• ketonization
• ketonize
• ketonuria
• ketosis
• macroketone
• megaphone
• methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
• methyl isobutyl ketone
• methyl vinyl ketone
• Michler's ketone
• monoketone
• -one
• polyetheretherketone
• polyether ether ketone
• polyetherether ketone
• polyetherether-ketone
• polyetherketoneetherketoneketone
• polyketone
• raspberry ketone
• selenoketone
• tetraketone
• thioketone
• triketone
• Wieland-Miescher ketone

Translations

organic chemicals with the >CO functional group

• Bulgarian: кетон m (keton)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 酮 (tung⁴)

  Mandarin: 酮 (zh) (tóng)

• Danish: keton (da) c
• Dutch: keton (nl) n
• Esperanto: ketono
• Finnish: ketoni (fi)
• French: cétone (fr) f
• German: Keton (de) n
• Greek: κετόνη (el) (ketóni)
• Hungarian: keton (hu)
• Ido: ketono (io)
• Irish: céatón m
• Italian: chetone (it) m
• Japanese: ケトン (keton)
• Khmer: សេតូន (seetoun)
• Korean: 케톤 (keton)
• Malay: keton (ms)
• Maori: hāparo
• Persian: کتون (fa) (keton)
• Polish: keton m
• Portuguese: cetona (pt) f
• Russian: кето́н (ru) m (ketón)
• Slovak: ketón (sk)
• Spanish: cetona f, quetona f
• Swedish: keton (sv) c
• Turkish: keton (tr)
• Vietnamese: xeton, xê-tôn

See also

• aldehyde
• tautomerism

References

• “ketone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “ketone”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Keeton