What is "chloroprene"

n. (context organic compound English) The chlorinated derivative of butadiene ''2-chloro-1,3-butadiene'' that is used (via polymerization) in the manufacture of synthetic rubber.

n. derivative of butadiene used in making neoprene by polymerization

Chloroprene is the common name for the organic compound 2-chlorobuta-1,3-diene, which has the formula CH=CCl−CH=CH. This colorless liquid is the monomer for the production of the polymer polychloroprene, a type of synthetic rubber. Polychloroprene is better known to the public as Neoprene, the trade name given by DuPont.