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)

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

Synonyms

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

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