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Acetophenone vs. Benzophenone — What's the Difference?

Acetophenone vs. Benzophenone — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Acetophenone and Benzophenone

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Acetophenone

Acetophenone is the organic compound with the formula C6H5C(O)CH3 (also represented by the pseudoelement symbols PhAc or BzMe). It is the simplest aromatic ketone.

Benzophenone

Benzophenone is the organic compound with the formula (C6H5)2CO, generally abbreviated Ph2CO. It is a white solid that is soluble in organic solvents. Benzophenone is a widely used building block in organic chemistry, being the parent diarylketone.

Acetophenone

(organic compound) The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds

Benzophenone

A white crystalline aromatic compound, C13H10O, used in perfumery and in medicine. Also called diphenylketone.

Acetophenone

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.
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Benzophenone

Any of a class of aromatic ketones based on the parent compound diphenylketone (C6H5)2CO; used, amongst other things, as ingredients in sunblock.

Benzophenone

The compound diphenylmethanone.

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