acrolein

See also:Acrolein

English

Etymology

FromLatinacer(“sharp”)+oleō(“smell”,verb).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

acrolein(countableanduncountable,pluralacroleins)

1. (organic chemistry)A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquidaldehyde,CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by thedestructive distillationofglycerol.

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:Propylene andehit(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:acroleínaf
• Spanish:acroleína(es)f

Anagrams

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