ISOPRENES

Noun

isoprenes

plural of isoprene

Anagrams

• pernioses, personise

Source: Wiktionary

ISOPRENE

I"so*prene, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Chem.)

Definition: An oily, volatile hydrocarbon, obtained by the distillation of caoutchouc or guttaipercha.C5H8 -- unsaturated, and used to make synthetic rubber by polymerization. In organic chemistry, viewed conceptually as the building block of the terpene series of hydrocarbons

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition