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Isoprene, or 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, is a
common volatile organic compound with the
formula CH2=C(CH3)−CH=CH2. In its pure form it is a
colorless volatile...
- solids.
Conceptually derived from
isoprenes, the
structures and
formulas of
terpenes follow the
biogenetic isoprene rule or the C5 rule, as described...
- The
enzyme isoprene synthase (EC 4.2.3.27)
catalyzes the
chemical reaction prenyl pyrophosphate ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
isoprene + diphosphate...
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naturally occurring organic chemicals derived from the 5-carbon
compound isoprene and its
derivatives called terpenes, diterpenes, etc.
While sometimes used...
- by
glycosidic bonds into the
polymers cellulose, starch, and glycogen.
Isoprene is a
natural monomer that
polymerizes to form a
natural rubber, most often...
- of
isoprene. In
practice polyisoprene is
commonly used to
refer to
synthetic cis-1,4-polyisoprene, made by the
industrial polymerisation of
isoprene. Natural...
- caoutchouc, as
initially produced,
consists of
polymers of the
organic compound isoprene, with
minor impurities of
other organic compounds. Thailand, Malaysia,...
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Monoterpenes are a
class of
terpenes that
consist of two
isoprene units and have the
molecular formula C10H16.
Monoterpenes may be
linear (acyclic) or...
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without decomposition,
although at
elevated temperatures it
cracks to form
isoprene. It
oxidizes easily in
moist air to
produce carveol, carvone, and limonene...
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which are
terpenoids (isoprenoids),
synthesized biochemically from
eight isoprene units and thus
having 40 carbons.
Dietary β-carotene is a
provitamin A...
