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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JUN-KHA |
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KETONES , in chemistry , organic compounds of the type R CO R', where R, R' = alkyl or aryl groups. If the groups, R and R' are identical, the ketone is called a simple ketone, if unlike, a mixed ketone. They may be prepared by the oxidation of secondary alcohols
primary
alcohols of the type RR'CHCH2OH:RR'CHCH2OH -~ RCOR'+H2O+H2CO2; by distillation
calcium salts of the fatty acids, CnH23102; by heating
Perkin
Bull . de la soc.chim., 1888, 50, p. 357), 2C2HSO001 C2H6
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