isoprene
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See also: isoprène
English
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Isoprene.svg/220px-Isoprene.svg.png)
Etymology
[edit]Coined (1860) by British chemist C. G. Williams, from iso- (“equal; different, isomeric”) + prop- (“three carbon prefix”) + -ene (“alkene suffix”). A misnomer.
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[edit]isoprene (plural isoprenes)
- (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.
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[edit]Noun
[edit]isoprene m (plural isopreni)