isobutane

[ahy-suh-byoo-teyn, -byoo-teyn]

i·so·bu·tane

[ahy-suh-byoo-teyn, -byoo-teyn]
noun Chemistry.
a colorless, flammable gas, C4H10, used as a fuel, as a refrigerant, and in the manufacture of gasoline by alkylation.

Origin:
1875–80; iso- + butane
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Isobutane is always a great word to know.
So is asymmetric. Does it mean:
a compound of high molecular weight made by adding many smaller molecules or by condensation smaller molecules with the elimination of water or alcohol
having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule, or noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups
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