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amylene Chem.|ˈæmɪliːn| [f. amyl2 + -ene.] The diatomic hydrocarbon, or olefine, of the pentacarbon series, C5H10, also called pentene or quintene, formed by the removal of one atom of water from amyl alcohol, and bearing the same relation to amyl that ethylene does to ethyl. It is a colourless very thin fluid with anæsthetic properties.
1858Penny Cycl. 2nd Supp. 680/2 Dr. Snow found that amylene was capable of producing the same effects as chloroform. 1880E. Cleminshaw Wurtz' Atom. The. 292 All known amylenes present the character of non-saturated compounds. b. attrib. amylene-alcohol or amylene-glycol. C5H10.2OH, the glycol of the Amyl series; ‘a colourless, very syrupy liquid, having a bitter taste with aromatic after-taste.’ Watts. |