butadiene

See also: butadiène

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Noun

butadiene (countable and uncountable, plural butadienes)

1. (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, CH₂=CH-CH=CH₂; it is obtained from petroleum and is used in the preparation of the synthetic rubber polybutadiene.

Derived terms

• 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene
• acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
• butadienyl
• cyclobutadiene
• diphenylbutadiene
• hexachlorobutadiene
• isobutadiene
• styrene-butadiene-styrene

 

Translations

the compound CH₂CH-CHCH₂

• Catalan: butadiè m
• Finnish: butadieeni
• French: butadiène (fr) m
• Greek: βουταδιένιο (el) n (voutadiénio)
• Hungarian: butadién (hu)
• Spanish: butadieno m

Italian

Noun

butadiene m (plural butadieni)

1. (organic chemistry) butadiene