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.

Synonyms

• propylene

Derived terms

• cyclopropene
• methylpropene (IUPAC name for isobutylene)

Translations

organic compound of the formula C₃H₆

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丙烯 (zh) (bǐngxī)

• Dutch: propeen (nl)
• Esperanto: propeno, propileno
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• Finnish: propeeni
• German: Propen (de) n
• Greek: προπένιο n (propénio)
• Hungarian: propén
• Spanish: propileno m

Anagrams

• pre-pone, prepone