trimethylene

[ trahy-meth-uh-leen ]

nounChemistry, Biochemistry.

cyclopropane.

Origin of trimethylene

¹

tri- + methylene

Words Nearby trimethylene

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How to use trimethylene in a sentence

It may also be prepared by oxidizing the trimethylene glycol obtained by the action of hydrobromic acid on allylbromide.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 1 | Various
It forms an addition product with acrylic ester, which on heating loses nitrogen and leaves trimethylene dicarboxylic ester.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 | Various

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