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vinylketene

vinylketene noun: an unsaturated ketene with IUPAC name 1,3-butadien-1-one.

Noun

vinylketene (plural vinylketenes)

  1. An unsaturated ketene with IUPAC name 1,3-butadien-1-one.

Forms of vinylketene

pluralvinylketenes

Origin of vinylketene

vinyl + ketene

Questions about vinylketene

What does vinylketene mean?
Vinylketene means an unsaturated ketene with IUPAC name 1,3-butadien-1-one.
What part of speech is vinylketene?
Vinylketene is a noun.
What is the plural of vinylketene?
The plural of vinylketene is vinylketenes.

Words near vinylketene in the dictionary

  1. vinylidene chloride
  2. vinylidenedifluoride
  3. vinylidenes
  4. vinylimidazolium
  5. vinylimidazoliums
  6. vinylketene
  7. vinylketenes
  8. vinyllithium
  9. vinylog
  10. vinylogical
  11. vinylogous

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