Ketone
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In organic chemistry, a ketone is an organic compound with the structure R−C−R', where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents. Ketones contain a carbonyl group −C−. A ketone deriv
Oxidation of Ketone
Testosterone
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Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in males. In humans, testosterone drives the development of male reproductive tissues such as testicles and prostate, as well as promoting sec
Ketone
…with the formula (CH3)2CO. Many ketones are of great importance in biology and industry. Examples include many sugars (ketoses), many steroids, e.g., testosterone, and the solvent acetone. The word ketone is derived from Aketon, an old German word for acetone…
Nobel Prize winner, Leopold Ružička of Ciba, a pharmaceutical industry giant that synthesized testosterone