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nounbutenone (countable and uncountable, plural butenones)
plural butenones
- countableuncountablechemistryThe unsaturated aliphatic ketone but-3-en-2-one CH₂=CH-CO-CH₃
The code was then used to study a Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene and butenone by ab initio string method.
2016, Sergi Ruiz-Barragan, Kazuya Ishimura, Motoyuki Shiga, “On the hierarchical parallelization of ab initio simulations”, in arXivSynonyms: methyl vinyl ketone
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe unsaturated aliphatic ketone but-3-en-2-one CH₂=CH-CO-CH₃
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