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What does cyclohexanone mean?

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Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) The alicyclic ketone obtained from cyclohexane by the replacement of a methylene group by a carbonyl group.
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For example, it is the usual acid catalyst for the conversion of cyclohexanone oxime to caprolactam, used for making nylon.
The kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of methyl ethyl ketone and cyclohexanone by potassium bis cuprate in aqueous alkaline medium has been studied by Panigrahi et al.
The upper cyclohexanone layer was determined at the absorbance level of 549 nm.
Most commercial production of caprolactam is via the cyclohexanone oximation and Beckmann rearrangement route.
The prompted the author to use 2,6-bis cyclohexanone as key intermediate in the synthesis of series of heterocyclic compounds.

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