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Definition of Ketonic

1. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid.

Definition of Ketonic

1. Adjective. (organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a ketone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ketonic

1. ketone [adj] - See also: ketone

Medical Definition of Ketonic

1. Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ketonic

Literary usage of Ketonic

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

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"Studies on Unsaturated ketonic Compounds. ... 17) it has been shown that, under the influence of bases, olefinic ketonic compounds react with mercaptans to ..."

2. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"Interesting behaviour is shown by the esters of the ß-ketonic acids, which, owing to the mobility of a hydrogen atom adjacent to the carbonyl, ..."

3. Oxidations and Reductions in the Animal Body by Henry Drysdale Dakin (1922)
"This significance of the a-ketonic acids has only recently been recognized mainly owing to the admirable researches ..."

4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1899)
"Certain higher ketonic acids have been prepared by the oxidation of ... Other ketonic acids result from the hydrolysis of acetylene ..."

5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"Certain higher ketonic acids have been prepared by the oxidation of ... Other ketonic acids result from the hydrolysis of acetylene carboxylic acids by ..."

6. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1889)
"... ketonic acid to the above aldehyde and is formed when a mixture of benzene and succinic anhydride is heated with aluminium chloride,2 as well as by ..."

7. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"This is a general method for the preparation of a-ketonic acids. When heated to 150° with dilute sulphuric acid, ..."

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