Definition of cyclopropane in English:
cyclopropane
nounsʌɪklə(ʊ)ˈprəʊpeɪnˌsīklōˈprōpān
mass nounChemistry A flammable gaseous synthetic compound whose molecule contains a ring of three carbon atoms. It has some use as a general anaesthetic.
Chemical formula: C₃H₆
Example sentencesExamples
- I then used the moles of cyclopropane in the lipids and the lipid solubility coefficient to calculate body lipid mass.
- The iodomethyl zinc iodide reacts with an alkene to give a cyclopropane.
- The simplest compound is cyclopropane, but its non-tetrahedral bond angles within the ring severely strain it, and it is very unstable.
- This mixture of cyclopropane, with its faintly sweet petrol-like smell, and oxygen, which has no smell, seeped silently out of the end of the tube just beneath the boy's nose.
- The 1930s saw the introduction of new inhalational agents, notably cyclopropane, so potent that it could be given with a high percentage of oxygen, and as a result valuable for the developing surgery for lung disease.