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What is a ketene?

What is a ketene? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) any of a class of unsaturated ketones, having a general formula R1R2C=C=O, that react as if they were inner acid anhydrides
  2. (organic chemistry) the parent compound of this class, CH2=C=O, an unstable, reactive colourless gas
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In addition, we showed that a novel, light-activated DAP derivative could, on photolysis, chemically cross-link tissue through the reactions of the ketene intermediate.
Polyorthoester can be created by reacting ketene acetals with diols.
Effect of a novel coupling agent, alkyl ketene dimer, on the mechanical properties of wood-plastic composites.
The centre manufactured 15kg of a special kind of paper from cotton and ketene to fill the gaps in the pages.
As an example we studied the deposition of micron-sized Alkyl Ketene Dimer particles on pulp fibres by cationic polyacrylamide, a common flocculent.
Cengiz Ketene, Erdoy-an's Arabic interpreter, told Sunday's Zaman that the ceiling of a simultaneous interpretation cabin he was in collapsed during a conference.

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