Definition of Isobutylene

1. Noun. Used also in making gasoline components.

Generic synonyms: Butene, Butylene
Substance meronyms: Butyl

Definition of Isobutylene

1. Noun. (organic compound) methylpropene; isobutene ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isobutylene

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isobutylene

isoborneol
isoborneols
isobornyl thiocyanoacetate
isobront
isobronts
isobutane
isobutanes
isobutanol
isobuteine
isobutene
isobutenes
isobutyl
isobutyl alcohol
isobutyl nitrite
isobutylamine
isobutylene (current term)
isobutylenes
isobutylmethylxanthine
isobutylphenyl propionic acid
isobutyls
isobutyraldehyde
isobutyrate
isobutyrates
isobutyric
isobutyric acid
isobutyronitrile
isobutyryl-CoA mutase
isobuzole
isocaloric
isocandela

Literary usage of Isobutylene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1888)
"The gas so obtained was shown, by treatment with strong sulphuric acid, to be nearly pure isobutylene. It contained, however, as impurities, ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"In a similar manner, isobutylene was converted to /-butyl isobutyrate in the presence ... In the presence of Co"1, however, isobutylene was consumed by an ..."

3. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1884)
"653 Tri-isobutylene, C^H^, is obtained when isobutylene is passed into a cold mixture of five parts of sulphuric acid and one part of water,3 or when ..."

4. The Chemical Synthesis of Vital Products and the Interrelations Between by Raphael Meldola (1904)
"for production of isobutylene by passing the vapour of the alcohol mixed [19 ... isobutylene is formed also by the action of alcoholic potash on isobutyl ..."

5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1904)
"To prepare nitro-isobutylene it is best to proceed in the following manner :—Heat 70 ... The nitro-isobutylene passes over at 80" under 40 mm pressure, ..."

6. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"Concentrated HI absorbs isobutylene with formation of tertiary butyl iodide. ... When isobutylene is digested with H2SO4 and H2O (equal volumes) it becomes ..."

7. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1888)
"The gas so obtained was shown, by treatment with strong sulphuric acid, to be nearly pure isobutylene. It contained, however, as impurities, ..."

8. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"In a similar manner, isobutylene was converted to /-butyl isobutyrate in the presence ... In the presence of Co"1, however, isobutylene was consumed by an ..."

9. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Karl Schorlemmer (1884)
"653 Tri-isobutylene, C^H^, is obtained when isobutylene is passed into a cold mixture of five parts of sulphuric acid and one part of water,3 or when ..."

10. The Chemical Synthesis of Vital Products and the Interrelations Between by Raphael Meldola (1904)
"for production of isobutylene by passing the vapour of the alcohol mixed [19 ... isobutylene is formed also by the action of alcoholic potash on isobutyl ..."

11. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1904)
"To prepare nitro-isobutylene it is best to proceed in the following manner :—Heat 70 ... The nitro-isobutylene passes over at 80" under 40 mm pressure, ..."

12. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"Concentrated HI absorbs isobutylene with formation of tertiary butyl iodide. ... When isobutylene is digested with H2SO4 and H2O (equal volumes) it becomes ..."

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