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Diketone vs Acetylacetone - What's the difference?

diketone | acetylacetone |

As nouns the difference between diketone and acetylacetone

is that diketone is (chemistry) any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups while acetylacetone is (organic compound) the diketone ch3coch2coch3 used as a solvent and as a coordination ligand.

diketone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups

    • acetylacetone

    English

    Noun

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