Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

butenone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: butenone
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The unsaturated aliphatic ketone but-3-en-2-one CH₂=CH-CO-CH₃

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The code was then used to study a Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene and butenone by ab initio string method."

Usage

Inflected Forms

butenones (plural)

Synonyms

methyl vinyl ketone

Questions

What does butenone mean?: The unsaturated aliphatic ketone but-3-en-2-one CH₂=CH-CO-CH₃

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