KETONE GROUP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ketone group mean? 

• KETONE GROUP (noun)
  The noun KETONE GROUP has 1 sense:

1. a group having the characteristic properties of ketones

  Familiarity information: KETONE GROUP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KETONE GROUP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group having the characteristic properties of ketones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ketone group" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

 Context examples 

These compounds consist of an anthracene ring that contains two ketone moieties in any position and can be substituted in any position except on the ketone groups.

(Carcinogenic Anthraquinone, NCI Thesaurus)