isobutane

English

Structure of isobutane

Etymology

iso- +‎ butane. From being an isomer of butane, different from n-butane (“'normal' butane”)

Noun

isobutane (plural isobutanes)

(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon, a particular isomer of C₄H₁₀ found in natural gas.

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Translations

a hydrocarbon: C₄H₁₀

Catalan: isobutà m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 異丁烷 (zh), 异丁烷 (zh) (yì dīngwán)
Finnish: isobutaani
French: isobutane (fr) m, 2-méthylpropane (fr) m, méthylpropane (fr) m
German: Isobutan n
Greek: ισοβουτάνιο n (isovoutánio)

Hungarian: izobután
Malay: isobutana
Portuguese: isobutano m
Russian: изобута́н (ru) m (izobután)
Spanish: metilpropano m, isobutano m
Turkish: izobütan

Anagrams

obeisaunt

French

Ball-and-stick model of isobutane, complete with hydrogens

Etymology

iso- +‎ butane

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.zɔ.by.tan/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

isobutane m (plural isobutanes)

isobutane

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