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Ketone vs Acetonaphthone - What's the difference?

ketone | acetonaphthone |

As nouns the difference between ketone and acetonaphthone

is that ketone is while acetonaphthone is (organic compound) either of two isomers of methyl naphthyl ketone.

ketone

English

(wikipedia ketone)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.
  • * acetone R1 = R2 = CH3
  • * methyl ethyl ketone R1 = CH3, R2 = C2H5
  • * camphor C??H??O

    • Derived terms

    * keto- * ketoacidosis * ketogenesis * ketone body * ketosis * -one

    Related terms

    * aldehyde R2 = H * tautomerism

    References

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    acetonaphthone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Either of two isomers of methyl naphthyl ketone