acrolein

See also: Acrolein

English

Etymology

From Latin acer (“sharp”) + oleō (“smell”, verb).

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

Derived terms

acrolein cyanohydrin
acrolein dimer

acrolein test
metacrolein

Translations

a pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde

Finnish: akroleiini
Portuguese: acroleína f

Spanish: acroleína (es) f

Anagrams

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

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