dicyclopentadiene
/dʌɪˌsʌɪklə(ʊ)pɛntəˈdʌɪiːn/Chemistry
noun
A crystalline hydrocarbon with a penetrating odour, used as a starting material in the manufacture of various plastics and resins.
- Dicyclopentadiene has an unsaturated tricyclic molecule in which one cyclopentadiene ring is bridged by another; C10H12..
Origin
Early 20th century. From di- + cyclopentadiene.
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