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Ketone vs Serricornin - What's the difference?

ketone | serricornin |

As nouns the difference between ketone and serricornin

is that ketone is while serricornin is (organic compound) the aliphatic hydroxyketone 7-hydroxy-4,6-dimethylnonan-3-one'' which is the female sex pheromone of the cigarette beetle (''lasioderma serricorne ).

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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    serricornin

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) the aliphatic hydroxyketone 7-hydroxy-4,6-dimethylnonan-3-one'' which is the female sex pheromone of the cigarette beetle (''Lasioderma serricorne )