isoprene

See also: isoprène

English

Skeletal formula of isoprene.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsə(ʊ)pɹiːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪsəˌpɹin/

Noun

isoprene (plural isoprenes)

1. (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C₅H₈, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.

Synonyms

• 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene

Derived terms

• isoprenic
• isoprenoid
• isoprenyl

Translations

isoprene

• Catalan: isoprè m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異戊二烯／异戊二烯 (zh) (yìwù'èrxī)

• Finnish: isopreeni
• French: isoprène (fr) m
• German: Isopren n
• Greek: ισοπρένιο (el) n (isoprénio)
• Hebrew: איזופרן
• Hungarian: izoprén (hu)
• Icelandic: ísópren n
• Irish: isipréin f
• Italian: isoprene (it) m
• Japanese: イソプレン (isopuren)
• Korean: 이소프렌 (isopeuren)
• Lithuanian: izoprenas m
• Malay: isoprena
• Polish: izopren m
• Portuguese: isopreno m
• Romanian: izopren (ro) n
• Russian: изопре́н (ru) m (izoprén)
• Spanish: isopreno m

Anagrams

• Pioneers, pioneers

Italian

Noun

isoprene m (plural isopreni)

1. (organic chemistry) isoprene

Anagrams

• pensiero, riespone