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pentanone

pentanone noun: any of three organic compounds containing five carbons and a ketone functional group.

Noun

pentanone (plural pentanones)

  1. Any of three organic compounds containing five carbons and a ketone functional group.

Forms of pentanone

pluralpentanones

Words formed from pentanone

Questions about pentanone

What does pentanone mean?
Pentanone means any of three organic compounds containing five carbons and a ketone functional group.
What part of speech is pentanone?
Pentanone is a noun.
What is the plural of pentanone?
The plural of pentanone is pentanones.

Words near pentanone in the dictionary

  1. pentanoates
  2. pentanoic
  3. pentanoic acid
  4. pentanol
  5. pentanols
  6. pentanone
  7. pentanones
  8. pentanoxymethyl
  9. pentanoyl
  10. pentanuclear
  11. pentanucleotide

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