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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Acetophenone

/(-fē"nōn)/ · Ac·e·to·phe·none · IPA
01 n. A crystalline ketone, CH3.CO.C6H5, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic ac…
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    A crystalline ketone, CH3.CO.C6H5, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of hypnone.(Chem.) Also: hypnone