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What does acrolein mean?

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  1. (organic chemistry) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH2=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
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Dr. Blackshaw, there's been discussion about some of the comments made by the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development regarding a herbicide used in irrigation canals, acrolein.
Two new units were built, one to produce acrolein using Arkema's proven process and the other to produce MMP using Novus expertise.
The fumes also contain sulfur dioxide, and various aldehydes, primarily formaldehyde as well as acetaldehyde and acrolein.
With methyl mercaptan already manufactured at the Beaumont site and acrolein now available from the new unit, MMP production is fully backwardly integrated.
You mentioned that acrolein is toxic to fish.
The three most important raw materials used to produce methionine are acrolein, methyl mercaptan and hydrocyanic acid.

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