The
suffix -one is used in
organic chemistry
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the science, scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic matter, organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain ...
to form names of organic compounds containing the -C(=O)- group: see
ketone.
[
] Sometimes a number between
hyphen
The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation.
The hyphen is sometimes confused with dashes (en dash , em dash and others), which are wider, or with t ...
s is inserted before it to state which atom the =O atom is attached to. This suffix was extracted from the word
acetone
Acetone (2-propanone or dimethyl ketone) is an organic compound with the chemical formula, formula . It is the simplest and smallest ketone (). It is a colorless, highly Volatile organic compound, volatile, and flammable liquid with a charact ...
. The final "-e" disappears if it is followed by another suffix that starts with a vowel.
References
one
English suffixes
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