different between ketone vs propanone

English

From German Keton, from German Aketon (“acetone”), from French acétone (“acetone”). See acetone.

ketone (plural ketones)

(organic chemistry) A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.
- acetone R₁ = R₂ = CH₃
- methyl ethyl ketone R₁ = CH₃, R₂ = C₂H₅
- camphor C??H??O

propanone (uncountable)

(chemistry) The systematic name of the simplest ketone with formula C₃H₆O, usually called acetone.

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