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Definition of Cyclopropane
1. Noun. A colorless flammable gas sometimes used as an inhalation anesthetic.
Definition of Cyclopropane
1. Noun. (organic compound pharmaceutical drug) The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic. ¹
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Definition of Cyclopropane
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Cyclopropane
1. (CH2)3;an explosive gas of characteristic odour; in the past, widely used for producing general anaesthesia. Synonym: trimethylene. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyclopropane
Literary usage of Cyclopropane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Moreover, the relative yields of tritiated cyclopropane and propylene provide
strong evidence for a cyclic structure of the C3H7*+ ions from reaction 1, ..."
2. A Text Book of Organic Chemistry by William Albert Noyes (1903)
"cyclopropane is a gas which liquefies under a pressure of five or six atmospheres.
... cyclopropane does not reduce a cold, neutral solution of potassium ..."
3. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"N02 cyclopropane is reduced to propane by hydrogen and catalytic nickel slowly
at 80° and rapidly at 120°, but cyclobutane requires a temperature of ..."
4. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1918)
"... dicarboxylic acid, which might form either a cyclopropane or cyclobutane
derivative.5 It is exclusively the second reaction which occurs. COOH. ..."
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