Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phenylpropene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phenyl-propene
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of phenylpropanoids in which a benzene ring has an allyl group attached to it. They are precursors for a variety of insecticides.

Etymology

From phenyl + propene.

Inflected Forms

phenylpropenes (plural)

Synonyms

allylbenzene propenylphenol

Questions

What does phenylpropene mean?: Any of a class of phenylpropanoids in which a benzene ring has an allyl group attached to it. They are precursors for a variety of insecticides.
Where does phenylpropene come from?: From phenyl + propene.

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