propene

American  

[proh-peen] / ˈproʊ pin /

noun

Chemistry.

1. propylene.

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propene British  

/ ˈprəʊpiːn /

noun

1. Also called: propylene.  a colourless gaseous alkene obtained by cracking petroleum: used in synthesizing many organic compounds. Formula: CH 3 CH:CH 2

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propene Scientific  

/ prō′pēn′ /

1. See propylene

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Etymology

Origin of propene

First recorded in 1865–70; prop(ionic) + -ene

Explanation

Propene is gas that occurs in nature but is used to make all kinds of unnatural plastic things like packaging and film. As a gas, propene is flammable and extremely volatile. Propene is another word for "propylene." Propene is a gas made by cracking petroleum. It’s a word that hangs out in the chemistry lab. Propene looks and sounds a lot like propane, and it’s very similar except that propene has a lower boiling point so it’s more volatile. As a gas, it’s dangerous for humans to breathe. Earthlings have been familiar with it for a while, but it was also one of the gasses found on Saturn’s moon, Titan, in 2013.

Example Sentences

Thus, propane, propene, and propyne follow the same pattern with three carbon molecules, butane, butene, and butyne for four carbon molecules, and so on.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

What mass of 2-bromopropane could be prepared from 25.5 g of propene?

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

How could you show experimentally that the molecular formula of propene is C3H6, not CH2?

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019