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cyclopropane

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cy·clo·pro·pane  (skl-prpn)
n.
A highly flammable, explosive, colorless gas, C3H6, sometimes used as an anesthetic.
cyclopropane [ˌsaɪkləʊˈprəʊpeɪn ˌsɪk-]
n
(Medicine / Pharmacology) a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt.: -34°C
cyclopropane  (skl-prpn, skl-)
A highly flammable, explosive, colorless gas that was once in wide use as an anesthetic but has been mostly replaced by less flammable gases. The three carbon atoms of cyclopropane form a triangular ring. Chemical formula: C3H6.
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Noun1.cyclopropane - a colorless flammable gas sometimes used as an inhalation anesthetic
inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic - a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled
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These developments improved the safety not only for our patients, but also for those in the operating room, as flammable and explosive agents such as cyclopropane were no longer required.
Anesthesia: looking back at the last century and forward to the next by Tobias, Joseph D. / Southern Medical Journal
In the February Molecular Pharmacology, Franks, Lieb, and their colleagues reported that xenon, nitrous oxide, and cyclopropane could, at least in test-tube experiments on cells, regulate the activity of yet another group of membrane proteins, ones that control the flow of potassium ions into cells.
Comfortably numb: anesthetics are slowly giving up the secrets of how ... by Travis, John / Science News
Comparisons are made between the conventional strain energy of cyclopropane and cyclobutane, methylcyclobutane, and the dimethyl-substituted cyclobutanes.
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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