ketene
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- History
- Properties
- Synthesis
- Reactions
- Acylation
- Cycloadditions
- Stereochemistry
- Higher-length cycloadditions
- Dimerization
- Applications
- See also
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thumb|General formula for a ketene
In organic chemistry, a ketene is an organic compound of the form , where R and R' are two arbitrary monovalent chemical groups (or two separate substitution sites in the same molecule). The name may also refer to the specific compound ethenone , the simplest ketene.