acrolein
acro·le·in
noun \ə-ˈkrō-lē-ən\Definition of ACROLEIN
: a toxic colorless liquid aldehyde C3H4O with acrid odor and irritating vapors that polymerizes readily into resins and is used chiefly in organic synthesis (as of methionine)—called also acrylaldehyde
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