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Metacrolein vs Methacrolein - What's the difference?

metacrolein | methacrolein |

As nouns the difference between metacrolein and methacrolein

is that metacrolein is a polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it with caustic potash while methacrolein is a clear, colorless, flammable liquid, molecular formula C4H6O.

metacrolein

English

Noun

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  • (chemistry) A polymeric modification of acrolein obtained by heating it with caustic potash.
    • (Webster 1913)

    methacrolein

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) a clear, colorless, flammable liquid, molecular formula C4H6O.

    • Synonyms

    * methacrylaldehyde

    Hypernyms

    * aldehyde * alkene

    See also

    * (wikipedia "methacrolein")