isoprene

English

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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.

Noun

isoprene (plural isoprenes)

1. (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

Translations

isoprene

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異戊二烯 (cmn), 异戊二烯 (cmn) (yìwù'èrxī)

• Finnish: isopreeni (fi)
• French: isoprène (fr) m
• German: Isopren (de) n
• Hebrew: איזופרן (he)
• Hungarian: izoprén (hu)
• Irish: isipréin (ga) f
• Irish: isipréin (ga) f

• Italian: isoprene (it) m
• Japanese: イソプレン (ja) (isopuren)
• Korean: 이소프렌 (ko) (isopeuren)
• Lithuanian: izoprenas (lt) m
• Polish: izopren (pl) m
• Portuguese: isopreno (pt) m
• Romanian: izopren (ro) n
• Russian: изопрен (ru) (izoprén) m 
• Spanish: isopreno (es) m

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Noun

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isoprene m (plural isopreni)

1. (organic chemistry) isoprene

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