thienone

English

Etymology

thienyl +‎ -one

Noun

thienone (plural thienones)

1. (organic chemistry) A ketone derivative of thiophene obtained as a white crystalline substance, C₄H₃S)₂.CO, by the action of aluminium chloride and carbonyl chloride on thiophene.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “thienone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)