acetophenone

American  

[uh-see-toh-fuh-nohn, as-i-toh-] / əˌsi toʊ fəˈnoʊn, ˌæs ɪ toʊ- /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a colorless liquid, C 8 H 8 O, having a sweet odor: used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume.

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Etymology

Origin of acetophenone

First recorded in 1870–75; aceto- + phen(o)- + -one

Example Sentences

The concentration of the acetophenone was “equivalent to one grain of sand in one million grains,” park officials said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2023

What’s more, when researchers dissected the brains of the offspring, they found more neurons or brain cells that detect the acetophenone than in the brains of control mice.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

The molecule with the most attraction, acetophenone, which increases in people and mice with dengue or Zika, was then applied to the hands of human volunteers.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022

Cheng and colleagues uncovered a way the viruses may jack up their host's acetophenone release.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 30, 2022

Commercial acetophenone contains variable quantities of impurities which reduce the yield.

From Organic Syntheses by Conant, James Bryant