butanone

Thân thiện

A chemist pours butanone into a beaker during an experiment.

Definition

Noun: 1. A colorless, flammable liquid ketone: A chemical compound with the formula C₄H₈O, used primarily as an industrial solvent. It is a simple ketone, also known as methyl ethyl ketone (MEK).

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Butanone is a common solvent in the production of paints and coatings.
  • The laboratory uses butanone to clean equipment and dissolve certain adhesives.
  • Due to its effectiveness, butanone is often a component in paint removers.

Advanced Usage

• Chemical Context: In chemistry, "butanone" specifically refers to the simplest ketone with a four-carbon chain. Its systematic name indicates its structure: "butane" for the four-carbon chain and "-one" for the ketone functional group.
  • The chemical properties of butanone make it an excellent solvent for many synthetic polymers.

Variants and Related Words

• Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) (n): This is the most common synonym and alternative name for butanone, frequently used in industrial and commercial contexts.
  • The safety data sheet listed the ingredient as methyl ethyl ketone.

Synonyms

• Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK): The common industrial name.
• 2-Butanone: The IUPAC (systematic) name, specifying the location of the carbonyl group.

Học thuật

Noun

1. colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid

Từ đồng nghĩa

• methyl ethyl ketone