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Isoprene, or 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, is a
common volatile organic compound with the
formula CH2=C(CH3)−CH=CH2. In its pure form it is a
colorless volatile...
- solids.
Conceptually derived from
isoprenes, the
structures and
formulas of
terpenes follow the
biogenetic isoprene rule or the C5 rule, as described...
- The
enzyme isoprene synthase (EC 4.2.3.27)
catalyzes the
chemical reaction prenyl pyrophosphate ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
isoprene + diphosphate...
- by
glycosidic bonds into the
polymers cellulose, starch, and glycogen.
Isoprene is a
natural monomer that
polymerizes to form a
natural rubber, most often...
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naturally occurring organic chemicals derived from the 5-carbon
compound isoprene and its
derivatives called terpenes, diterpenes, etc.
While sometimes used...
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Triterpenes are a
class of
terpenes composed of six
isoprene units with the
molecular formula C30H48; they may also be
thought of as
consisting of three...
- caoutchouc, as
initially produced,
consists of
polymers of the
organic compound isoprene, with
minor impurities of
other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia,...
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which are
terpenoids (isoprenoids),
synthesized biochemically from
eight isoprene units and thus
having 40 carbons.
Dietary β-carotene is a
provitamin A...
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without decomposition,
although at
elevated temperatures it
cracks to form
isoprene. It
oxidizes easily in
moist air to
produce carveol, carvone, and limonene...
- isobutylene,
isoprene, chloroprene;
elastomeric polymers are
often made with a high
percentage of
conjugated diene monomers such as 1,3-butadiene,
isoprene, or...
