Definition of Ketone group

1. Noun. A group having the characteristic properties of ketones.

Generic synonyms: Chemical Group, Group, Radical

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ketone Group

ketol
ketol-acid reductoisomerase
ketole
ketolide
ketolides
ketols
ketolytic
ketonaemia
ketonaemic
ketone
ketone-aldehyde mutase
ketone alcohol
ketone bodies
ketone body
ketone group (current term)
ketone oxidoreductases
ketonemia
ketonemias
ketonemic
ketones
ketonic
ketonimine
ketonimine dyes
ketonization
ketonuria
ketonurias
ketopantoic
ketopantoic acid
ketopentose

Literary usage of Ketone group

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"... are compounds in which the aldehyde group is at the end of the carbon chain and the ketone group is the second carbon group or the one next to the end. ..."

2. Outlines of Physiological Chemistry by Silas Palmer Beebe, Bertram Henry Buxton (1904)
"With ketoses the ketone C = O group is always next to one of the end CH2OH groups, so that the ketone group of a ketose may be regarded as holding an alpha ..."

3. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1907)
"These facts indicate an unsaturated ketone in which the ketone group is determined by its relation to menthol. H CH(CH3)2 Menthol. ..."

4. Catalysis in Organic Chemistryby Paul Sabatier by Paul Sabatier (1922)
"The fixation of hydrogen on ethy- lene double bonds is so rapid that it can be effected before the ketone group, -CO-, is changed to the secondary alcohol ..."

5. Chemistry of the Organic Dye-stuffs by Rudolf Nietzki (1892)
"Azobenzene forms an apparent exception to this rule (see below). The ketone group, especially when it occurs twice, as in the quinones, is one of the most ..."

6. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"ketone group. Carboxyl-ester Group. The union of two such groups to an atom of ... Next in acidity is the ketone group — COR, while the ester group — CO. ..."

7. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"ketone group. Carboxyl-ester Group. The union of two such groups to an atom of ... Next in acidity is the ketone group —COR, while the eater group —CO. ..."

8. Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Medical Students by Gustav von Bunge, Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1907)
"... of phenylhydrazine acts upon one of the secondary alcohol groups, upon that CHOH group [next to the aldehyde group, which is oxidised to a ketone group] ..."

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