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What does cyclopropane mean?

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  1. (organic chemistry) The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.
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Apart from cyclopropane, the Cyclanes are a part of regular gasoline.
The angle strain in cyclobutane is less than in cyclopropane, whereas cyclopentane and higher cycloalkanes are virtually free of angle strain.
If treatment is continued, special care should be taken when using anaesthetic agents causing myocardial depression, such as ether, cyclopropane and trichloroethylene.
The simplest compound is cyclopropane, but its non-tetrahedral bond angles within the ring severely strain it, and it is very unstable.
I then used the moles of cyclopropane in the lipids and the lipid solubility coefficient to calculate body lipid mass.
A mixture of about 5 to 20 percent cyclopropane in oxygen is administered by inhalation.

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