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Alkane vs Alkylidene - What's the difference?

alkane | alkylidene |

In organic chemistry terms the difference between alkane and alkylidene

is that alkane is any of saturated hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and compounds with long carbon chain known as paraffins etc., having a chemical formula of the form CnH2n+2 while alkylidene is any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R2C.

alkane

English

(wikipedia alkane)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of saturated hydrocarbons including methane, ethane and compounds with long carbon chain known as paraffins etc., having a chemical formula of the form CnH2n+2.

    • Derived terms

    * chlorofluoroalkane * cycloalkane * hydrofluoroalkane

    Related terms

    * -ane * alkene * alkyne

    Hypernyms

    * hydrocarbon

    Hyponyms

    * methane * ethane * propane * butane * pentane * hexane * heptane * octane * nonane * decane * undecane * dodecane * hexadecane * tetracosane ----

    alkylidene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R2C=

    • See also

    * methylene