propylene
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See also: propylène
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Etymology[edit]
Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene
Noun[edit]
propylene (countable and uncountable, plural propylenes)
- (organic chemistry) The organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C3H6.
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organic compound of the formula C3H6