dicyclopentadienen.
/dʌɪˌsʌɪklə(ʊ)pɛntəˈdʌɪiːn/, U.S. /ˌdaɪˈsaɪkloʊˌpɛn(t)əˈdaɪˌin/ Chemistry.
A crystalline hydrocarbon with a penetrating odour, used as a starting material in the manufacture of various plastics and resins.Dicyclopentadiene has an unsaturated tricyclic molecule in which one cyclopentadiene ring is bridged by another; C10H12.
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1904 S. P. Mulliken Method Identification Pure Org. Compounds I. xi. 185 Polymerizes easily to dicyclopentadiëne.
1912 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 34 1581 This simpler hydrocarbon..is a liquid boiling at 41° and polymerizes readily into a dicyclopentadiene boiling at 170°.
1955 Sci. News Let. 5 Feb. 2 The scientists..reported that two exceptionally good chemical training odorants were found to be morpholine and dicyclopentadiene.
2002 Pop. Sci. Jan. 54/3 The material relies on two substances: liquid dicyclopentadiene, a common ingredient in plastics, and a catalyst..that causes dicyclopentadiene to harden.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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