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isoprenes

isoprenes is the plural of isoprene.

Meaning of isoprene

Noun

isoprene (plural isoprenes)

  1. 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.

Questions about isoprenes

What is isoprenes the plural of?
Isoprenes is the plural of isoprene.

Words near isoprenes in the dictionary

  1. isoprenalin
  2. isoprenaline
  3. isoprenalines
  4. isoprenalins
  5. isoprene
  6. isoprenes
  7. isoprenic
  8. isoprenogenesis
  9. isoprenoid
  10. isoprenoidal
  11. isoprenoids

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