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Acetone vs Acetophenone - What's the difference?

acetone | acetophenone |

In organic compound terms the difference between acetone and acetophenone

is that acetone is a colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent while acetophenone is the aromatic ketone, phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds.

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") ----

    acetophenone

    English

    Noun

  • (organic compound) The aromatic ketone, phenyl methyl ketone , used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds

    • Derived terms

    * aminoacetophenone * chloroacetophenone * chlorofluoroacetophenone

    External links

    * (wikipedia "acetophenone")