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Acetone vs Acrolein - What's the difference?

acetone | acrolein |

As nouns the difference between acetone and acrolein

is that acetone is acetone while acrolein is acrolein.

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") ----

    acrolein

    English

    (wikipedia acrolein)

    Noun

  • (organic compound) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH2=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.

    • Synonyms

    * acrylaldehyde * propenal

    Derived terms

    * acrolein cyanohydrin * acrolein dimer * acrolein test * metacrolein

    Anagrams

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