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Heptone vs Heptose - What's the difference?

heptone | heptose |

As nouns the difference between heptone and heptose

is that heptone is (organic compound) a liquid hydrocarbon, c7h10, of the valylene series while heptose is (organic chemistry) a sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms.

heptone

English

Noun

  • (organic compound) A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.
    • (Webster 1913)

    heptose

    English

    (wikipedia heptose)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A sugar or saccharide containing seven carbon atoms.

    • Hypernyms

    * monosaccharide

    Hyponyms

    * sedoheptulose