propylene

See also: propylène

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Etymology

Coined by John Williams Reynolds in 1851, from French propionique + -ylene

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propylene (countable and uncountable, plural propylenes)

  1. (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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