methylheptenone

[ meth-uhl-hep-tuh-nohn ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a colorless liquid, C8H14O, occurring in many essential oils and produced by synthesis: used in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of inexpensive perfumes.

Origin of methylheptenone

1
methyl- + heptene + -one

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