What does "acrolein" mean?

A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.

What is a synonym for "acrolein"?

Common synonyms include: propenal.

/ˈækɹəliːn/ noun

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Noun

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

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