Sentence examples similar to propanone from inspiring English sources

The simplest ketone, CH3COCH3, whose IUPAC name is 2-propanone, is almost always called by its common name, acetone, which is derived from the fact that it was first prepared by heating the calcium salt of acetic acid.

Acetone (CH3COCH3), also called 2-propanone or dimethyl ketone, organic solvent of industrial and chemical significance, the simplest and most important of the aliphatic (fat-derived) ketones.