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

That liquid was mostly water, with the rest being acetophenone, a non-hazardous commercial chemical.

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 researchers are now looking for treatments that target acetophenone.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022

Mice gave off larger quantities of 11 potential odorants when they got sick, and further tests showed one of these molecules, acetophenone, was a mosquito attractant.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 30, 2022

Numerous derivatives of acetophenone have been prepared, one of the most important being orthoaminoacetophenone, NH2.C6H4.CO.CH3, which is obtained by boiling orthoaminophenylpropiolic acid with water.

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