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A gaseous hydrocarbon of the alkene series, made by cracking alkanes.
Alternative name: propene; chemical formula: C₃H₆
‘Specimens were dehydrated in a graded series of ethyl alcohol and propylene oxide solutions and embedded in araldite.’
‘New metallocene catalysts are used in the preparation of new plastics, including new methods for the polymerization of alkenes such as ethylene and propylene.’
‘He used a catalyst discovered by Karl Ziegler to produce polypropylene from propylene.’
‘Another major epoxide, propylene oxide, comes from propene reacting with organic hydroperoxides (more reactive equivalents of hydrogen peroxides).’
‘Isopropyl alcohol is made from propylene, a petroleum derivative.’