isoprene

See also: isoprène

English

Skeletal formula of isoprene.

Etymology

Coined (1860) by British chemist C. G. Williams, from iso- (“equal; different, isomeric”) + prop- (“three carbon prefix”) + -ene (“alkene suffix”). A misnomer.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsə(ʊ)pɹiːn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsəˌpɹin/

Noun

isoprene (plural isoprenes)

(organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C₅H₈, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.

Synonyms

2-methyl-1,3-butadiene

Derived terms

isoprenic
isoprenoid
isoprenyl

Translations

isoprene

Catalan: isoprè m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 異戊二烯／异戊二烯 (zh) (yìwù'èrxī)
Finnish: isopreeni
French: isoprène (fr) m
German: Isopren n
Greek: ισοπρένιο (el) n (isoprénio)
Hebrew: איזופרן‎
Hungarian: izoprén
Icelandic: ísópren n
Irish: isipréin f
Italian: isoprene (it) m
Japanese: イソプレン (isopuren)
Korean: 이소프렌 (isopeuren)
Lithuanian: izoprenas m
Malay: isoprena
Polish: izopren m
Portuguese: isopreno m
Romanian: izopren (ro) n
Russian: изопре́н (ru) m (izoprén)
Spanish: isopreno m

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Italian

Noun

isoprene m (plural isopreni)

(organic chemistry) isoprene

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