Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ketone, (C15H31)2CO, made by distilling palmitic acid with lime. It is a crystalline substance which melts at 82.8° C. Also called
dipentadecyl ketone .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) The ketone of palmitic acid.
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- noun chemistry The
ketone ofpalmitic acid .
Etymologies
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palmitic + -one
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Examples
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Dr Schupphaus found that propyl and isobutyl alcohols with camphor were active solvents, and the ketones, palmitone, and stearone in alcohol solution, also alpha - and beta-naphthol, with alcohol and anthraquinone
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