Piperylene or 1,3-pentadiene is an organic compound with the formula CH3−CH=CH−CH=CH2. It is a volatile, flammable hydrocarbon. It is one of the five positional isomers of pentadiene.
Reactions and occurrence
Piperylene is a typical diene. It forms a sulfolene upon treatment with sulfur dioxide.1
Piperylene is the product of the decarboxylation of sorbic acid, a common anti-mold agent.2
Piperylene is obtained as a byproduct of ethylene production from crude oil, combustion of biomass, waste incineration and exhaust gases. It is used as a monomer in the manufacturing of plastics, adhesives and resins.3
See also
References
Robert L. Frank, Raymond P. Seven (1949). "Isoprene Cyclic Sulfone". Organic Syntheses. 29: 59. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.029.0059. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩
Erich Lück, Martin Jager, Nico Raczek (2000). "Sorbic Acid". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a24_507. ISBN 3527306730.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) 3527306730 ↩
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