Definition of "acetone" []

• A colorless, volatile, extremely flammable liquid ketone, CH3COCH3, widely used as an organic solvent. (noun)

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• "The name acetone peroxide usually alludes to the cyclic trimer form called TCAP or tri-cyclic acetone peroxide."
• "The name acetone peroxide usually alludes to the cyclic trimer form called TCAP or tri-cyclic acetone peroxide but it can refer to the cyclic dimer form referred to as TATP or di-cyclic acetone peroxide."
• "They also suggest a path whereby ketosis could increase methylgloxal through acetone, which is at elevated levels during ketosis:"