propene

See also: propène

English

Noun

propene (countable and uncountable, plural propenes)

1. (organic chemistry, official IUPAC name) The organic chemical compound propylene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.
   • 2012, Donald S. Matteson, Stereodirected Synthesis with Organoboranes, page 96:

     Thus, at 135°C, 223 cyclizes with loss of propene to the borinene 229, which then rearranges to other products.

Synonyms

• propylene

Derived terms

• chloropropene
• cyclopropene
• methylpropene (IUPAC name for isobutylene)
• phenylpropene
• polypropene

Translations

Translations

Armenian: պրոպեն (propen) Catalan: propè m Chinese: Mandarin: 丙烯 (zh) (bǐngxī) Dutch: propeen (nl) Esperanto: propeno, propileno Finnish: propeeni German: Propen (de) n Greek: προπένιο (el) n (propénio) Hungarian: propén (hu) Italian: propene (it) m, propilene (it) m Kazakh: пропен (propen) Kyrgyz: пропен (propen) Spanish: propileno (es) m

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• pre-pone, prepone