Is acetophenone a ketone?

>> it is poison inside your body (<-- this information has been stated as incorrect) this is wrong, and is not a helpful answer. ketones are produced by the liver as an alternative fuel for...

Ketones are substances that are made when the body breaks down fat for energy. Normally, your body gets the energy it needs from carbohydrate in your diet. But stored fat is broken down and ketones...

when two similar alkyl or aryl groups are attached to carbonyl carbons then it is a symmetrical ketone..... as CH3-CO-CH3 or C6H5-CO-C6H5

Ketone is a sub class of carbonyl compounds having general formula , R-CO-R its most common example is Acetone CH3-CO-CH3.

Yes. They are excellent solvents. The carbonyl group is polar.