Ketone vs Pyrone - What's the difference?
ketone | pyrone |
(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
(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.