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vinyl alcohol

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noun

Chemistry.

  1. an unstable liquid compound, C 2 H 4 O, found only in the form of its esters or as the polymer polyvinyl alcohol.

Etymology

Origin of vinyl alcohol

First recorded in 1870–75

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Previously discovered molecules in the Sagittarius B2 cloud include vinyl alcohol and ethyl formate, the chemical that gives raspberries their flavour and rum its smell.

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