pyrrolidinone

As nouns the difference between terms and pyrrolidinone

is that terms is while pyrrolidinone is (organic compound) any heterocyclic ketone derived from pyrrolidine, but especially any 2-pyrrolidinone (a form of cyclic amide).

As nouns the difference between amide and pyrrolidinone

is that amide is while pyrrolidinone is (organic compound) any heterocyclic ketone derived from pyrrolidine, but especially any 2-pyrrolidinone (a form of cyclic amide).

In organic compound terms the difference between pyrrolidine and pyrrolidinone

is that pyrrolidine is any of a class of heterocyclic amines having a saturated five-membered ring; especially the parent compound of this class, C₄H₉N while pyrrolidinone is any heterocyclic ketone derived from pyrrolidine, but especially any 2-pyrrolidinone (a form of cyclic amide.

As nouns the difference between ketone and pyrrolidinone

is that ketone is 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 while pyrrolidinone is any heterocyclic ketone derived from pyrrolidine, but especially any 2-pyrrolidinone (a form of cyclic amide.

As nouns the difference between heterocyclic and pyrrolidinone

is that heterocyclic is (organic chemistry) a heterocycle while pyrrolidinone is (organic compound) any heterocyclic ketone derived from pyrrolidine, but especially any 2-pyrrolidinone (a form of cyclic amide).

As an adjective heterocyclic

is (organic chemistry|of a cyclic compound) having one or more atoms other than carbon in at least one of its rings.