Definition of Pentene

1. n. Same as Amylene.

Definition of Pentene

1. Noun. (organic compound) Any of several isomeric alkenes having five carbon atoms and one double bond ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pentene

1. a liquid hydrocarbon [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pentene

1. Same as Amylene. See: Penta-. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentene

pentaxins
pentazocine
pentazocines
pentazole
pentazoles
penteconter
penteconters
pentecost
pentecostalism
pentecoster
pentecosters
pentecosties
pentecosty
pentel
pentels
pentene (current term)
pentenes
pentennial
pentenyl
penteract
pentereme
penteremes
pentetate trisodium calcium
pentetic acid
pentetrazol
penthia
penthias
penthienate bromide
penthos
penthouse

Literary usage of Pentene

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)
"The radical-disproportionation product 2,2-dimethylpentane could not be resolved from the 4,4-dimethyl-l-pentene fraction; it was assumed to be formed in ..."

2. Principles of Chemistry, Founded on Modern Theories by Alfred Naquet, William Cortis, Thomas Stevenson (1868)
"Perhaps there may be two parallel series, one having pentene (C5H4) for pivot, ... In this case the benzine known would not be methyl-pentene, ..."

3. Cod-liver Oil and Chemistry by Frantz Peckel Møller, Peter Møller Heyerdahl (1895)
"When we now look at the structure of di-pentene as demonstrated by A. v. Baeyer we see the line ab dividing it into halves, and if the elasticity of the ..."

4. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"pentene has been obtained synthetically by ... The derivatives of this hydrocarbon have been very little studied ; with bromine it forms pentene dibromide ..."

5. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"CH3 CHo CH, OH, CH2 CH I "V CH2 CH C—CHs CH CH2 OH, II CH2 pentene has been obtained synthetically by the action of zinc-ethyl upon allyl iodide ..."

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