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trimethylene
[ trahy-meth-uh-leen ]
/ traɪˈmɛθ əˌlin /
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noun Chemistry, Biochemistry.
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Words nearby trimethylene
trimeter, trimethadione, trimethoprim, trimethylamine, trimethylaminuria, trimethylene, trimethylglycine, trimetric, trimetric projection, trimetrogon, trimmer
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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.
It forms an addition product with acrylic ester, which on heating loses nitrogen and leaves trimethylene dicarboxylic ester.