propene

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) The official IUPAC name for the organic chemical compound propylene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₃H₆.

Synonyms

• propylene

Derived terms

• cyclopropene
• methylpropene (IUPAC name for isobutylene)

Translations

organic compound of the formula C₃H₆

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丙烯 (cmn) (bǐngxī)

• Dutch: propeen (nl)
• Esperanto: propeno (eo), propileno (eo)

• Finnish: propeeni (fi)
• Greek: προπένιο (el) (propénio) n
• Spanish: propileno (es) m

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