Compounds in which a carbonyl group is bonded to two carbon atoms
R2C=O
(neither
R
may be
H).
Note:
Compounds of structure such as
R3SiC(=O)R
are not ketones but acyl derivatives of substituted silanes.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1346