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cyclopentanone

cyclopentanone noun: the cyclic ketone derived from cyclopentane by formal replacement of two hydrogen atoms by an oxygen atom; any derivative of this compound.

Noun

cyclopentanone (plural cyclopentanones)

  1. The cyclic ketone derived from cyclopentane by formal replacement of two hydrogen atoms by an oxygen atom; any derivative of this compound

Forms of cyclopentanone

pluralcyclopentanones

Origin of cyclopentanone

From cyclopentane + -one.

Questions about cyclopentanone

What does cyclopentanone mean?
Cyclopentanone means the cyclic ketone derived from cyclopentane by formal replacement of two hydrogen atoms by an oxygen atom; any derivative of this compound.
What part of speech is cyclopentanone?
Cyclopentanone is a noun.
What is the plural of cyclopentanone?
The plural of cyclopentanone is cyclopentanones.

Words near cyclopentanone in the dictionary

  1. cyclopentanoic
  2. cyclopentanoic acid
  3. cyclopentanoid
  4. cyclopentanoids
  5. cyclopentanol
  6. cyclopentanone
  7. cyclopentanones
  8. cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene
  9. cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrenes
  10. cyclopentanophenanthrene
  11. cyclopentanophenanthrenes

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