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Definition of Isoprene
1. n. An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or gutta-percha.
Definition of Isoprene
1. Noun. (organic compounds) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes. ¹
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Definition of Isoprene
1. a volatile liquid [n -S]
Medical Definition of Isoprene
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Isoprene
Literary usage of Isoprene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"From the similarity of composition hetween isoprene, ... isoprene exposed to the
air for some months, thickens, and acquires bleaching properties, ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"On the Polymerisation of isoprene. .Sy Professor WA TILDEN, FRS Many years ago
... When kept for a long time isoprene is slowly converted into indiarubber, ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"343). (1273) TERPENE FROM isoprene.—By heating isoprene ... and the latter melts
at 49°'5- The resemblance which the hydrocarbon from isoprene exhibits to ..."
4. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"C. DI-ETHYLENE HYDROCARBONS—DI-ENES isoprene. ... The only compound to be mentioned
contains live carbons, and is known as isoprene, ..."
5. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"isoprene is the simplest of all the olefinic terpenes; it contains two double
bonds, and has the composition ..."
6. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"CHEMISTRY OF THE NON-BENZENOID HYDROCARBONS The earlier workers prepared isoprene
by the destructive distillation of rubber, a typical distillation yielding ..."
7. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1892)
"When isoprene is brought into contaft with strong acids, ... Specimens of isoprene
were made from several terpenes in the course of my work on those ..."
8. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"TJ3>OBr - CH2 - CH2 - Br, which is identical with that obtained from isoprene -}-
2HBr, the constitution of isoprene must be - /C - CH : CH2. ..."
9. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"From the similarity of composition hetween isoprene, ... isoprene exposed to the
air for some months, thickens, and acquires bleaching properties, ..."
10. Report of the Annual Meeting (1907)
"On the Polymerisation of isoprene. .Sy Professor WA TILDEN, FRS Many years ago
... When kept for a long time isoprene is slowly converted into indiarubber, ..."
11. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"343). (1273) TERPENE FROM isoprene.—By heating isoprene ... and the latter melts
at 49°'5- The resemblance which the hydrocarbon from isoprene exhibits to ..."
12. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"C. DI-ETHYLENE HYDROCARBONS—DI-ENES isoprene. ... The only compound to be mentioned
contains live carbons, and is known as isoprene, ..."
13. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"isoprene is the simplest of all the olefinic terpenes; it contains two double
bonds, and has the composition ..."
14. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"CHEMISTRY OF THE NON-BENZENOID HYDROCARBONS The earlier workers prepared isoprene
by the destructive distillation of rubber, a typical distillation yielding ..."
15. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1892)
"When isoprene is brought into contaft with strong acids, ... Specimens of isoprene
were made from several terpenes in the course of my work on those ..."
16. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"TJ3>OBr - CH2 - CH2 - Br, which is identical with that obtained from isoprene -}-
2HBr, the constitution of isoprene must be - /C - CH : CH2. ..."
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