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pyrazolone

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[pi-raz-uh-lohn, pahy-] / pɪˈræz əˌloʊn, paɪ- /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing the pyrazoline ring in which one carbon atom is doubly linked to an oxygen atom not in the ring.

  2. the parent compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 O.


Etymology

Origin of pyrazolone

First recorded in 1885–90; pyrazole + -one

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When the reaction is complete the acid is neutralized with soda, and the phenyl methyl pyrazolone extracted with ether and distilled in vacuo.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

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