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cyclopropane
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cyclopropane /cy·clo·pro·pane/ (-pro´pān) a colorless, highly inflammable and explosive gas, C3H6, used as an inhalation anesthetic.
cyclopropane
[sī′klōprō′pān]
an explosive anesthetic gas. It has been replaced by the nonflammable halogenated hydrocarbons and is no longer used in the United States.

cyclopropane [si″klo-pro´pān]
a colorless, flammable gas with a characteristic odor and pungent taste that is an inhalational anesthetic; now little used because of its flammability.

cyclopropane
a powerful central nervous system depressant used as an inhalation anesthetic. The drug can be given in small doses and is particularly useful in anesthetizing poor-risk patients. This gas is highly explosive and requires special handling and precautions against sparks or flames, which would result in an explosion. No longer used for safety reasons.


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A second group is selected from the group consisting of an aryl, an alkyl of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, cyclopropyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, -dialkoxyalkyl and -hydroxyalkyl.
Cyclopropyl bromosilane was prepared for the first time by cyclizing trimethoxy vinyl silane with methylene iodide using the Simmons-Smith reaction.
 
 
 
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