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Sign in to savePropylene, also known as propene, is an unsaturated organic compound with the chemical formula . It has one double bond, and is the second simplest member of the alkene class of hydrocarbons. It is a colorless gas with a faint petroleum-like odor.
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Propylene is a colorless gas made from petroleum that contains a chemical double bond, making it part of a group of compounds called alkenes. It's important because it serves as a basic building block for creating many everyday plastic products and chemicals.
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- Production
- Steam cracking
- Olefin conversion technology
- Fluid catalytic cracking
- Other commercialized methods
- Market
- Research
- Uses
- Reactions
- Complexes of transition metals
- Polymerization
- Oligomerization
- Environmental safety
- Storage and handling
- Occurrence in nature
- See also
- References
Propylene, also known as propene, is an unsaturated organic compound with the chemical formula . It has one double bond, and is the second simplest member of the alkene class of hydrocarbons. It is a colorless gas with a faint petroleum-like odor.
Propylene is a product of combustion from forest fires, cigarette smoke, and motor vehicle and aircraft exhaust. It was discovered in 1850 by A. W. von Hoffmann's student John Williams Reynolds as the only gaseous product of thermal decomposition of amyl alcohol to react with chlorine and bromine.