anthrone Chem.
(ˈænθrəʊn)
[f. anthra- + ketone.]
A colourless crystalline ketone, C14H10O.
| 1913 Chem. Abstr. 1872 Anthracene..Derivatives of Anthrone. 1921 E. de B. Barnett Anthracene 96 Anthrone itself was first obtained by Liebermann. 1956 Nature 7 Jan. 38/1 A slightly modified anthrone method..for the quantitative estimation of carbohydrate in chromatographic fractions. |