tropolone

noun

trop·​o·​lone

ˈträpəˌlōn

plural -s

: a crystalline unsaturated enolic ketone C₇H₆O₂ containing the seven-membered ring of tropane and tropine see stipitatic acid, thujaplicin

Word History

Etymology

trop- + -ol + -one

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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