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A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
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acrolein
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acrolein \A*cro"le*in\, n. [L. acer sharp + ol[=e]re to smell.] (Chem.) A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating. ...
Wiktionary
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n. (context organic compound English) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH 2 =CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
Wikipedia
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Acrolein (systematic name: propenal ) is the simplest unsaturated aldehyde . It is a colourless liquid with a piercing, disagreeable, acrid smell. The smell of burnt fat (as when cooking oil is heated to its smoke point ) is caused by glycerol in the burning ...
WordNet
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n. a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene [syn: propenal ]