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Webster 1913 Edition

Propenyl

Pro′pe-nyl

,

Noun.

[

Propene

+

-yl

.]

(Chem.)

A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical,

C3H5

, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf.

, and

.

Definition 2024

propenyl

propenyl

English

Noun

propenyl ‎(plural propenyls)

(chemistry) A radical of propene (propylene).