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irone

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several ketones, or a mixture of such, found in orris oil (oil extracted from iris roots), used as odorants in perfumes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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  • 1951 [D. Van Nostrand], Frank C. Whitmore, Organic Chemistry, Volume One: Part I: Aliphatic Compounds, Part II: Alicyclic Compounds, 2nd Edition, 2012, Dover republication, page 565, The previously accepted cycloheptene structure for the irones has been shown recently to be wrong.

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