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isoprene

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈaɪsə(ʊ)pɹiːn/Sorted eeinoprsStarts with IEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A volatile hydrocarbon that forms the building blocks of natural rubber and terpenes.

Word origin

Coined (1860) by British chemist C. G. Williams, from iso- (“equal; different, isomeric”) + pr(op)- (“three carbon prefix”) + -ene (“alkene suffix”). A misnomer.

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