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GK QUESTION#3269

Which naturally occurring and synthetically manufactured organic compound has the formula (C₆H₅)₂CO?

  1. AMethcathinone
  2. BPropiophenone
  3. CAcetophenone
  4. DBenzophenoneCorrect answer
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D. Benzophenone

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Benzophenone is diphenyl ketone, with two phenyl groups bonded to a carbonyl carbon: (C₆H₅)₂CO. Government chemical assessments document both natural occurrence in some plants and synthetic manufacture. Acetophenone and propiophenone each have only one phenyl group in their ketone structures.

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