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isoprene

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isoprene /iso·prene/ (i´so-prēn) an unsaturated, branched chain, five-carbon hydrocarbon that is the molecular unit of the isoprenoid compounds.
Isoprene.

i·so·prene (s-prn)
n.
A colorless volatile hydrocarbon that is the naturally occurring basis of isoprenoids and that is used in the production of synthetic rubber.

isoprene (īˑ·sō·prēn),
n the fundamental unit of compounds known as terpenes. It has a molecular formula of C5H8 and can be described as aliphatic or acyclic. See also terpenes.

isoprene
hydrocarbon 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene; building block for many lipids including cholesterol, steroids and bile acids, the lipid-soluble vitamins, dolichol, coenzyme Q and many more terpenoid biomolecules.


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Also new from Lanxess is a unique high-isoprene butyl rubber that contains up to four times as much isoprene as regular butyl rubber.
It has been reported that about 6% of the isoprene units undergo 1,2 addition.
For example, in a study of the chemical isoprene, female rats were exposed to 0, 220, 700, or 7,000 ppm isoprene by inhalation for 2 years (NTP 1999).
 
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