Term Name: butan-2-one
Synonyms: 2-Butanon, 2-Butanone, 3-butanone, Aethylmethylketon, butan-2-one, butanone, butanone 2, C2H5COCH3, ethyl methyl cetone, Ethyl methyl ketone, ethyl(methyl) ketone, ethylmethyl ketone, Ethylmethylketon, meetco, MEK, methyl acetone, methyl ethyl cetone, Methyl ethyl ketone, methyl(ethyl) ketone, methylacetone, methylethyl ketone, Methylethylketon, oxobutane
Definition: A dialkyl ketone that is a four-carbon ketone carrying a single keto- group at position C-2.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:28398]  ( EBI )

Relationships
is a type of: butanone dialkyl ketone methyl ketone volatile organic compound
has_role: bacterial metabolite polar aprotic solvent
inverse has_functional_parent: 1,3-dihydroxybutan-2-one 1-hydroxy-3-methylbutan-2-one 1-hydroxybutan-2-one 3-cyano-2-butanone 4-hydroxybutan-2-one buten-2-one butyn-2-one