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Acrylonitrile vs Acrolein - What's the difference?

acrylonitrile | acrolein |

As nouns the difference between acrylonitrile and acrolein

is that acrylonitrile is (organic compound) a toxic colourless liquid organic compound, ch2=chcn, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber while acrolein is acrolein.

acrylonitrile

English

(wikipedia acrylonitrile)

Noun

  • (organic compound) A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH2=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene and ammonia; used as a monomer in the production of acrylic resins and synthetic rubber.

    • Synonyms

    * vinyl cyanide

    acrolein

    English

    (wikipedia 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

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