isoprene

Etymology
Coined (1860) by British chemist C. G. Williams, from +  +. A misnomer.

Noun

 * 1)  An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C5H8, that is readily polymerized; natural rubber (caoutchouc) is cis-1,4-polyisoprene, and trans-1,4-polyisoprene is present in gutta-percha and balata; it is the structural basis for the terpenes.

Derived terms

 * isoprenic
 * isoprenoid
 * isoprenyl

Translations

 * Catalan: isoprè
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: isopreeni
 * French:
 * German: Isopren
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: איזופרן
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ísópren
 * Irish: isipréin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: イソプレン
 * Korean: 이소프렌
 * Lithuanian: izoprenas
 * Malay: isoprena
 * Polish: izopren
 * Portuguese: isopreno
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: isopreno