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Alan vs Alane - What's the difference?

alan | alane |

As nouns the difference between alan and alane

is that alan is a wolfhound while alane is aluminium hydride, AlH3

As a proper noun Alan

is a given name derived from Celtic.

alan

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wolfhound.

    • Anagrams

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    alane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (inorganic compound) aluminium hydride, AlH3
  • (organic chemistry) Any organic derivative of this compound

    • Usage notes

    This is the current IUPAC name, but is to be replaced by alumane because the systematically derived name of the -AlH2 group would be alanyl which is already used as a derivative of alanine.