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Cyclohexanone

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A ketone, C6H10O, prepared by oxidizing cyclohexanol. It boils at 154.5° C. Also called pimelic ketone.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The alicyclic ketone obtained from cyclohexane by the replacement of a methylene group by a carbonyl group.
  • Word Usage
    "New research out of Johns Hopkins finds this chemical - called cyclohexanone - may be leaching out of the plastics used to make these devices and ending up in the fluids meant to help people get better when they are in the hospital."
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