Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PENTENE
Etymology
Noun
pentene (plural pentenes)
(organic compound) Any of several isomeric alkenes having five carbon atoms and one double bond
Source: Wiktionary
Pen"tene, n. Etym: [See Penta-.] (Chem.)
Definition: Same as Amylene.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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