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ketines

ketines is the plural of ketine.

Meaning of ketine

Noun

ketine (plural ketines)

  1. Any of a series of organic bases obtained by the reduction of compounds related to the nitrogenous radical NOH of the ketones. Typically, they are unstable oily substances with a pungent odor.
    • Pyrazine, aldine, C₄H₄N₂ (colourless prisms, M. Pt. 55°, B. Pt. 115°), possesses a basic character (B. 26, 721) and is the mother substance of the ketines, e.g. Ketine or dimethyl-pyrazine, C₄H₂ (CH₃ )₂ N₂, which is obtained by the reduction of isonitroso-acetone or the condensation of...1894, August Bernthsen, A Text-book of Organic Chemistry, page 530

Questions about ketines

What is ketines the plural of?
Ketines is the plural of ketine.

Words near ketines in the dictionary

  1. ketimido
  2. ketimine
  3. ketimines
  4. ketimipramine
  5. ketine
  6. ketines
  7. ketipate
  8. ketipic acid
  9. ketipramine
  10. ketiv
  11. ketivs

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