What is the common name of Propene (C3H6)? And How?

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Common name of propene is propylene or methyl ethylene.
Common names  do not have a rule based naming system and names are often derivatives of similar compounds discovered earlier.

Propene contains 3 carbon atoms with a double bond. 
It belongs to alkene homologous series, the first member is ethylene (common name).
eth- means two and prop- means three. 
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Propene contains an extra methyl group than ethylene and so the name methyl ethylene.

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