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fluorenones

fluorenones is the plural of fluorenone.

Meaning of fluorenone

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.

Questions about fluorenones

What is fluorenones the plural of?
Fluorenones is the plural of fluorenone.

Words near fluorenones in the dictionary

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

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