Fluorenone is an organic compound with the chemical formula , a ketone with fluorene moiety. It is bright fluorescent yellow solid.[
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Synthesis and reactions
It is synthesised by aerobic oxidation of fluorene:
Fluorenone sustains up to four nitro groups giving 2,4,5,7-tetranitrofluorenone.
Applications
Several substituted fluorenones are biologically active as antibiotic, anticancer, antiviral, or neuromodulatory compounds.
Some substituted azafluorenones are biologically active, such as the naturally occurring antimicrobial compound onychine (1-methyl-4-azafluorenone).
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