acrolein

See also: Acrolein

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈækɹəliːn/, /əˈkɹəʊliɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈækɹəˌlin/, /əˈkɹoʊliɪn/

Noun

acrolein (countable and uncountable, plural acroleins)

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

Synonyms

• acrylaldehyde
• propenal

Derived terms

• acrolein cyanohydrin
• acrolein dimer
• acrolein test
• acryl
• disacryl
• metacrolein
• thioacrolein

 

Translations

a pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde

• Armenian: ակրոլեին (hy) (akrolein)
• Azerbaijani: akrolein
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丙烯醛 (zh) (bǐngxīquán)

• Finnish: akroleiini
• Georgian: აკროლეინი (aḳroleini)
• Japanese: アクロレイン (akurorein)
• Kazakh: акролеин (akrolein)
• Persian: اکرولین
• Polish: akroleina (pl) f
• Portuguese: acroleína f
• Spanish: acroleína (es) f

Anagrams

• Caroline, Coraline, Cornelia, Creolian, caroline, colinear, lonicera