cyclopropane

English

Etymology

From cyclo- +‎ propane.

Noun

cyclopropane (countable and uncountable, plural cyclopropanes)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₃H₆, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.

Derived terms

• dibromocyclopropane
• methylenecyclopropane
• spirocyclopropane
• titanacyclopropane

Translations

the simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₃H₆

• Dutch: cyclopropaan
• Finnish: syklopropaani
• French: cyclopropane (fr) m
• German: Cyclopropan (de)
• Greek: κυκλοπροπάνιο n (kyklopropánio)
• Hungarian: ciklopropán (hu)
• Italian: ciclopropano (it) m
• Swedish: cyklopropan (sv) n