Chalcone is an
aromatic ketone and an
enone that forms the central core for a variety of important biological compounds, which are known collectively as chalcones or
chalconoids. Benzylideneacetophenone is the parent member of the chalcone series. The alternative name given to chalcone are phenyl styryl ketone, benzalacetophenone,
β-phenylacrylophenone,
ɣ-oxo-
α,
ɣ-diphenyl-
α-propylene and
α-phenyl-
β-benzoylethylene.