丁酮

dīngtóng

noun

Meanings

1 butanone
2 methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)

Characters

4th (4-carbon prefix in chemistry)

Examples

丁酮是常用的工业溶剂。

Dīngtóng shì chángyòng de gōngyè róngjì.

Butanone is a commonly used industrial solvent.

操作丁酮时要注意通风。

Cāozuò dīngtóng shí yào zhùyì tōngfēng.

Make sure to ventilate when handling butanone.

Tips

memory

In Chinese organic-chemistry naming, 丁 = 4-carbon (butyl, from the 天干 ordering 甲乙丙丁 = C1, C2, C3, C4) and 酮 = ketone. So 丁酮 = '4-carbon ketone' = butanone.

Stroke Order

丁 dīng

酮 tóng