propylene

Also known as CH2=CH-CH3, 1-propylene, methylethene, methylethylene, 1-propene, R-1270, propene

Propylene, also known as propene, is an unsaturated organic compound with the chemical formula . It has one double bond, and is the second simplest member of the alkene class of hydrocarbons. It is a colorless gas with a faint petroleum-like odor.

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Propylene is a colorless gas made from petroleum that contains a chemical double bond, making it part of a group of compounds called alkenes. It's important because it serves as a basic building block for creating many everyday plastic products and chemicals.

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Chemical data

Formula: C3H6
Molecular weight: 42.08 g/mol
IUPAC name: prop-1-ene
SMILES: CC=C
InChIKey: QQONPFPTGQHPMA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
XLogP: 1.4
Polar surface area: 0 Å²
H-bond donors: 0
H-bond acceptors: 0
Formal charge: 0

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Wikidata facts

Mass: 42.04695

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Commons category: Propylene
chemical formula: C₃H₆
canonical SMILES: CC=C
electric dipole moment: 0.366
ionization energy: 9.73
melting point: -185.25
boiling point: -47.69

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Production
Steam cracking
Olefin conversion technology
Fluid catalytic cracking
Other commercialized methods
Market
Research
Uses
Reactions
Complexes of transition metals
Polymerization
Oligomerization
Environmental safety
Storage and handling
Occurrence in nature
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Propylene is a product of combustion from forest fires, cigarette smoke, and motor vehicle and aircraft exhaust. It was discovered in 1850 by A. W. von Hoffmann's student John Williams Reynolds as the only gaseous product of thermal decomposition of amyl alcohol to react with chlorine and bromine.