Benzophenone Definition

bĕnzō-fĭ-nōn, -fēnōn
noun
A white, sweet-smelling crystalline ketone, C6H5COC6H5, used as an intermediate compound in making flavorings, fragrances, etc.
Webster's New World
A white crystalline aromatic compound, C13 H10 O, used in perfumery and in medicine.
American Heritage Medicine

(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of aromatic ketones based on the parent compound diphenylketone (C6H5)2CO; used, amongst other things, as ingredients in sunblock.

Wiktionary

(organic chemistry, uncountable) The compound diphenylmethanone.

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Other Word Forms of Benzophenone

Noun

Singular:
benzophenone
Plural:
benzophenones

Benzophenone Sentence Examples

  • Distillation of its calcium salt gives benzophenone with small quantities of other substances, but if the calcium salt be mixed with calcium formate and the mixture distilled, benzaldehyde is produced.

  • Diphenylfulven, from benzophenone and cyclo-pentadiene, crystallizes in deep red prisms. Dimethylfulven is an orangecoloured oil which oxidizes rapidly on exposure.

  • Similarly, if either or both of the two batch blanks was found to contain benzophenone then the batch results were rejected.

  • It is employed commercially in the production of colouring matters (see Benzophenone), and for various synthetic processes.

  • Sunburns may be avoided by the liberal use of a sunscreen containing either an opaque active ingredient such as zinc oxide or titanium dioxide or a nonopaque active ingredient such as PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid) or benzophenone.

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