See Also: tropolone(medicine)
tropolone(dictionary)

tropolone (iou)



tropolone noun. M20.
[formed as TROPINE + -OL + -ONE.]
Chemistry. A water-soluble enolic ketone, C7H6O2, whose molecule is a seven-membered carbon ring. Also, any of a series of derivatives of this found in various plants, as colchicine and the thujaplicins.
tropone noun a viscous hygroscopic oil, C7H6O, which is a cyclic aromatic ketone and of which tropolone is the hydroxylated derivative M20.