chloroprene
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- n derivative of butadiene used in making neoprene by polymerization
- Polymerization of the chloroprene had resulted in a sub stance similar to the product obtained by vulcanizing rubber with sulphur.
- DuPrene, derived from chloroprene, is the synthetic rubber which du Pont is beginning to exploit.
- Acetylene gas is made into monovinylacetylene, which reacts with hydrochloric acid to form a liquid called chloroprene.