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butadione

butadione noun: the diketone CH₃-CO-CO-CH₃ that is used in organic synthesis.

Noun

butadione (uncountable)

  1. The diketone CH₃-CO-CO-CH₃ that is used in organic synthesis

Questions about butadione

What does butadione mean?
Butadione means the diketone CH₃-CO-CO-CH₃ that is used in organic synthesis.
What part of speech is butadione?
Butadione is a noun.

Words near butadione in the dictionary

  1. butadienoates
  2. butadienoic acid
  3. butadienyl
  4. butadienylation
  5. butadienyls
  6. butadione
  7. butadiyne
  8. butadiynes
  9. butadiynyl
  10. butadiynyls
  11. butadon

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