isoprene
An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.
Related words
- chloroprene
- isoprenogenesis
- neoprene
- polyisoprene
- isoprenic
- isoprenoid
- isoprenyl
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