Difference between Ketone and Phenone
What is the difference between Ketone and Phenone?
Ketone as a noun is a homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule. while Phenone as a noun is any aromatic ketone containing a phenyl group directly attached to the carbonyl group
Ketone
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A homologous series of organic molecules whose functional group is an oxygen atom joined to a carbon atom—by a double bond—in a carbon-hydrogen based molecule.
Phenone
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any aromatic ketone containing a phenyl group directly attached to the carbonyl group
We hope you now know whether to use Ketone or Phenone in your sentence.