butadiene

See also: butadiène

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Noun

butadiene (countable and uncountable, plural butadienes)

  1. (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH2=CH-CH=CH2; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.

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butadiene m (plural butadieni)

  1. (organic chemistry) butadiene