Ketone

<p>In <a href="/facts/Organic_chemistry/djxhxaNg">organic chemistry</a>, a ketone /ˈkiːtoʊn/ is an <a href="/facts/Organic_compound/gqCNaN45">organic compound</a> with the structure R−C(=O)−R', where R and R' can be a variety of <a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">carbon</a>-containing <a href="/facts/Substituent/6y9IE6G0">substituents</a>. Ketones contain a <a href="/facts/Carbonyl_group/KJ71bo3X">carbonyl group</a> −C(=O)− (a carbon-oxygen <a href="/facts/Double_bond/qDemMn0c">double bond</a> C=O). The simplest ketone is <a href="/facts/Acetone/cVyJxKqw">acetone</a> (where R and R' are <a href="/facts/Methyl/fkM97EMD">methyl</a>), with the formula (CH3)2CO. Many ketones are of great importance in biology and industry. Examples include many <a href="/facts/Sugar/jb5KXRHT">sugars</a> (<a href="/facts/Ketose/kLknGRje">ketoses</a>), many <a href="/facts/Steroid/4AhMbgXt">steroids</a>, <i>e.g.</i>, <a href="/facts/Testosterone/uUumdhAz">testosterone</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Solvent/LoMPMz8S">solvent</a> <a href="/facts/Acetone/cVyJxKqw">acetone</a>.
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