Isoprene Definition

īsə-prēn
noun
A colorless, volatile liquid, CH2:C(CH3)CH:CH2, prepared by the dry distillation of raw rubber or synthetically: when heated with sodium or certain other substances, it polymerizes to form a substance closely resembling natural rubber.
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Other Word Forms of Isoprene

Noun

Singular:
isoprene
Plural:
isoprenes

Origin of Isoprene

  • Coined (1860) by British chemist C. G. Williams, from iso- (“equal; different, isomeric”) + prop- (“three carbon prefix”) + -ene (“alkene suffix”). A misnomer.

    From Wiktionary

  • iso– pr(opyl)ene

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Isoprene Sentence Examples

  • When solid caoutchouc is strongly heated it breaks down, without change in its ultimate composition, into a number of simpler liquid hydrocarbons of the terpene class (dipentene, di-isoprene, isoprene, &c.), of which one, isoprene (C5H8), is of simpler structure than oil of turpentine (C 10 H 16), from which it can also be obtained by the action of an intense heat.

  • When this volatile liquid hydrocarbon (isoprene) is allowed ro stand for some time in a closed bottle, it gradually passes into a substance having the principal properties of natural caoutchouc. The same change of isoprene into caoutchouc may also be effected by the action of certain chemical agents.

  • At present the change of isoprene into caoutchouc is mainly of scientific interest in indicating possibilities with regard to the conversion of the liquid globules of the latex into rubber and to the formation of rubber by plants.

  • The exact manner in which isoprene passes into caoutchouc is also not understood.

  • These problems are, however, certain to be solved in the near future, and then probably caoutchouc may be formed in other ways than from isoprene.

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Words Starting With

IISISO

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ENEENE

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