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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