1) Colorless, poisonous gas 2) Gas obtained from acetone
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A ketene is an organic compound of the form R`RC=C=O. The term is also used specifically to mean ethenone, the simplest ketene, where R` and R are hydrogen atoms. Ketenes were first studied as a class by Hermann Staudinger. ==Formation== Ethenone, the simplest ketene, can be formed by pyrolysis (thermal cracking) of acetone: This reaction is cal.....
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any of a class of organic compounds containing the functional grouping C=C=O; the most important member of the class being ketene itself, CH2=C=O, ... [4 related articles]
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CH2==C==O;a very reactive acetylating agent, used in chemical syntheses. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: kē′tēn Definitions: 1. a highly reactive acetylating agent, used in chemical syntheses. 2. Any substituted ketene.
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a colorless, poisonous gas, CHO, irritating to the lungs, prepared from acetone or acetic acid by pyrolysis: used chiefly in the manufacture of certain commercial chemicals, as acetic anhydride and aspirin.
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