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Acetone vs Acetylacetone - What's the difference?

acetone | acetylacetone |

In organic compound terms the difference between acetone and acetylacetone

is that acetone is a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent while acetylacetone is the diketone CH3COCH2COCH3 used as a solvent and as a coordination ligand.

acetone

English

Noun

(-)
  • (organic compound) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent.

    • Synonyms

    * propanone * propan-2-one * dimethyl ketone

    References

    * (wikipedia "acetone") ----

    acetylacetone

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia acetylacetone) (-)
  • (organic compound) The diketone CH3COCH2COCH3 used as a solvent and as a coordination ligand