See Also: fenchone(dictionary)

fenchone (iou)



fenchone noun. L19.
[German Fenchon, from Fenchel fennel: see -ONE.]
Chemistry. A fragrant liquid terpenoid ketone, C10H16O, found esp. in fennel and thuja oils.
fenchane noun a liquid saturated bicyclic hydrocarbon, C10H18, from which fenchone and the fenchenes are formally derived E20.
fenchene noun any of a series of isomeric liquid terpenes of formula C10H16, obtained by reducing fenchone L19.