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acetophenone
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noun
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A crystalline ketone, CH<sub>3</sub>COC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>, which may be obtained by the dry distillation of a mixture of the calcium salts of acetic and benzoic acids. It is used as a hypnotic under the name of <i>hypnone</i>.
Source: webster1913