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Ketone vs Pyrone - What's the difference?

ketone | pyrone |

As nouns the difference between ketone and pyrone

is that ketone is while pyrone is (organic compound) any of a class of cyclic chemical compounds that contain an unsaturated six-membered ring with two double bonds, one oxygen atom and a ketone functional group.

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

    References

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    pyrone

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia pyrone)
  • (organic compound) Any of a class of cyclic chemical compounds that contain an unsaturated six-membered ring with two double bonds, one oxygen atom and a ketone functional group.
  • Synonyms

    * pyranone