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Acrolein - What does it mean?

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acrolein

Noun

  • (organic compound) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH2=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
  • Synonyms

    * acrylaldehyde * propenal

    Derived terms

    * acrolein cyanohydrin * acrolein dimer * acrolein test * metacrolein

    Anagrams

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