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fluorenone

fluorenone noun: an aromatic compound with the chemical formula C₁₃H₈O, produced from fluorene via oxidation and used in the manufacture of antimalaria drugs.

Noun

fluorenone (countable and uncountable, plural fluorenones)

  1. An aromatic compound with the chemical formula C₁₃H₈O, produced from fluorene via oxidation and used in the manufacture of antimalaria drugs.

Forms of fluorenone

pluralfluorenones

Origin of fluorenone

From fluorene + -one.

Questions about fluorenone

What does fluorenone mean?
Fluorenone means an aromatic compound with the chemical formula C₁₃H₈O, produced from fluorene via oxidation and used in the manufacture of antimalaria drugs.
What part of speech is fluorenone?
Fluorenone is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorenone?
The plural of fluorenone is fluorenones.

Words near fluorenone in the dictionary

  1. fluorenamines
  2. fluorene
  3. fluorenes
  4. fluorenol
  5. fluorenols
  6. fluorenone
  7. fluorenones
  8. fluorenyl
  9. fluorenylidene
  10. fluorenylidenes
  11. fluorenyls

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