Acrolein

//ˈækɹəliːn// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
propenalpropenalacraldehydeacrylaldehydeacrylaldehyde

Etymology

From Latin acer (“sharp”) + oleō (“smell”, verb).

Related phrases

acrolein cyanohydrinacrolein dimeracrolein testdestructive distillation

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