A chemical compound made by combining acetyl groups with cinnamene (a compound derived from cinnamon), used in organic chemistry.
From aceto- (acetic acid) + cinnamene (from cinnamon). Cinnamene, also called styrene, is a hydrocarbon found in cinnamon that became important in polymer chemistry.
Styrene (another name for cinnamene) is the building block for polystyrene plastic and Styrofoam—so when chemists modify it with acetyl groups like in acetocinnamene, they're experimenting with the very molecules that became ubiquitous modern materials.
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