BENZOPHENONE

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 3

n. Be?nz-o?f'e?n-on. Lat., benzophenonum. Fr., benzophénone. Ger., Benzophenon. Syn.: benzone, diphenyl ketone. A ketone, CgH, — CO — CgHg=Cy9H 00, forming prismatic crystals insoluble In water, soluble in alcohol.” [B, 4.]