Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An unsaturated oily hydrocarbon, C8H16, of the ethylene series. It boils at 125° C. Also called
octylene and caprylene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Same as
octylene .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of many
isomeric alkenes having eightcarbon atoms and onedouble bond ; some of them are used in the manufacture ofpolymers
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Recently, Sasol announced plans to increase its octene production at
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Desset and Cole-Hamilton demonstrated the capabilities of rhodium switchphos by carrying out the hydroformylation of octene in toluene to make nonanal and 2-methyloctanal and by separately carrying out the hydroformylation of allyl alcohol in water to make
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