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

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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.

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propene

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

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

From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019

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

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