Olefin synonyms
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alkene (related)
Any of a group of unsaturated hydrocarbons that have carbon atoms in chains linked by one or more double bonds and that have the general formula Cn H2n . Lighter alkenes, such as ethylene, are derived from petroleum by cracking. &diamf3; The group of alkenes as a whole is called the alkene series or the ethylene series. Its first five members are ethylene (or ethene), propylene (or propene), butylene (or butene), pentene, and hexene.
olefine
(Chemistry, by extension) any of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type
ethylene (related)
sulphone (related)
polyol (related)
diamine (related)
ethane (related)
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dibromide (related)
diene (related)
aliphatic (related)
heterocycles (related)
Find another word for olefin. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for olefin, like: alkene, olefine, ethylene, sulphone, polyol, diamine, ethane, dibromide, diene, aliphatic and heterocycles.