mesityl oxide

mesityl oxide
/mez"i til, mes"-/, Chem.
an oily, colorless liquid, C6H10O, having a honeylike odor: used chiefly as a solvent and in the manufacture of synthetic organic compounds. Also called isopropylideneacetone, methylisobutenyl ketone.
[1870-75; mesityl < NL mesit(a) ( < Gk mesítes mediator, go-between, equiv. to mes- MES- + -ites -ITE1) + -YL]

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