What is "ketones"

Usage examples of "ketones".

I got aldehydes, ketones, acetaldehyde—the results of alkyne hydrolysis.

Simeon's sensors could hear the pounding of her heart, analyze the ketones her sweat-damp skin was emitting.

Now the circulators were working overtime to carry off the ketones of tension-sweat, and there were very convincing coffee-stains and rings by most of the recliner seats.

SO2, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, ketones, alcohols, and some other stuff that doesn't read out with this suit.

SO2, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxides, ketones, alcohols, and some other stuff that doesn’t read out with this suit.

Now the circulators were working overtime to carry off the ketones of tension-sweat, and there were very convincing coffee-stains and rings by most of the recUner seats.

His very scent was intimidating, overflowing with the ketones of a fresh-meat diet.

With time, as the layer of liquid water shrinks, it will become more concentrated in organics, and you'll get a whole spectrum of reactions: amino acids, aldehydes and ketones, nucleotide bases.