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isophorone

isophorone noun: an α,β-unsaturated cyclic ketone, a colourless to yellowish liquid with a characteristic smell, used as a solvent and as an intermediate in organic synthesis.

Noun

isophorone (countable and uncountable, plural isophorones)

  1. An α,β-unsaturated cyclic ketone, a colourless to yellowish liquid with a characteristic smell, used as a solvent and as an intermediate in organic synthesis.

Forms of isophorone

pluralisophorones

Questions about isophorone

What does isophorone mean?
Isophorone means an α,β-unsaturated cyclic ketone, a colourless to yellowish liquid with a characteristic smell, used as a solvent and as an intermediate in organic synthesis.
What part of speech is isophorone?
Isophorone is a noun.
What is the plural of isophorone?
The plural of isophorone is isophorones.

Words near isophorone in the dictionary

  1. isophlorin
  2. isophlorins
  3. isophone
  4. isophones
  5. isophonic
  6. isophorone
  7. isophorones
  8. isophorous
  9. isophosphamide
  10. isophosphindole
  11. isophosphindoles

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