A colorless liquid chemical compound containing five carbon atoms in a ring with a carbonyl group (C=O).
From 'cyclopentane' + 'one' (indicating a ketone functional group with a C=O double bond). This compound was first synthesized when organic chemistry techniques advanced in the 19th-20th centuries.
Cyclopentanone is used as a solvent in many industrial processes and is particularly good at dissolving other compounds, which makes it valuable in manufacturing everything from films to pharmaceuticals.
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