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ketonize

ketonize verb: to tautomerize from an enol to a ketone.

Verb

ketonize (third-person singular simple present ketonizes, present participle ketonizing, simple past and past participle ketonized)

  1. To tautomerize from an enol to a ketone

Forms of ketonize

third-person singular presentketonizes
present participleketonizing
past participleketonized
pastketonized

Origin of ketonize

From ketone + -ize.

Questions about ketonize

What does ketonize mean?
Ketonize means to tautomerize from an enol to a ketone.
What part of speech is ketonize?
Ketonize is a verb.
What is the past tense of ketonize?
The past tense of ketonize is ketonized.

Words near ketonize in the dictionary

  1. ketonimines
  2. ketonitrile
  3. ketonitriles
  4. ketonization
  5. ketonizations
  6. ketonize
  7. ketonized
  8. ketonizes
  9. ketonizing
  10. ketonuria
  11. ketonurias

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