propene

propene

See also: propène

English

Chemical Structure of Propene
The small blue numbers show the numbering of the carbon atoms.

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

• cyclopropene
• methylpropene (IUPAC name for isobutylene)

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 n (propénio) Italian: propene (it) m, propilene (it) m Hungarian: propén Kazakh: пропен (propen) Kyrgyz: пропен (propen) Spanish: propileno m

Anagrams

• pre-pone, prepone