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- noun organic chemistry An
aromatic compound with thechemical formula C13H8O, produced fromfluorene viaoxidation and used in the manufacture ofantimalaria drugs .
Etymologies
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fluorene + -one
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On the nature of the fluorenone-based emission in oxidized poly (dialkyl-fluorene) s
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