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hydroxyacetone

hydroxyacetone noun: the hydroxyketone CH₃-CO-CH₂-OH.

Noun

hydroxyacetone (uncountable)

  1. The hydroxyketone CH₃-CO-CH₂-OH
    Synonyms:
    acetol, acetone alcohol, acetylcarbinol

Synonyms of hydroxyacetone

Questions about hydroxyacetone

What does hydroxyacetone mean?
Hydroxyacetone means the hydroxyketone CH₃-CO-CH₂-OH.
What part of speech is hydroxyacetone?
Hydroxyacetone is a noun.

Words near hydroxyacetone in the dictionary

  1. hydroxy-
  2. hydroxy-yohimbine
  3. hydroxyacetamide
  4. hydroxyacetamides
  5. hydroxyacetic acid
  6. hydroxyacetone
  7. hydroxyacetophenone
  8. hydroxyacetylaminofluorene
  9. hydroxyacid
  10. hydroxyacids
  11. hydroxyacyl

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