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butyrone

butyrone noun: a liquid ketone which can be obtained by heating various butyrates.

Noun

butyrone (uncountable)

  1. A liquid ketone which can be obtained by heating various butyrates.

Origin of butyrone

From butyric acid + -one.

Questions about butyrone

What does butyrone mean?
Butyrone means a liquid ketone which can be obtained by heating various butyrates.
What part of speech is butyrone?
Butyrone is a noun.

Words near butyrone in the dictionary

  1. butyrolactone
  2. butyrolactones
  3. butyrometer
  4. butyrometers
  5. butyrometric
  6. butyrone
  7. butyronitrile
  8. butyrophenone
  9. butyrophenones
  10. butyrophilin
  11. butyrophilins

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