As nouns the difference between diketone and dimedone
is that diketone is (chemistry) any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups while dimedone is (organic compound) the cyclic diketone 5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3-dione used in analytical chemistry.
diketone
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Noun
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en noun)
(chemistry) any compound having two neighbouring ketonic carbonyl groups
dimedone
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Noun
(
wikipedia dimedone)
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(organic compound) The cyclic diketone 5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3-dione used in analytical chemistry