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Alkane vs Nitroalkane - What's the difference?

alkane | nitroalkane |

As nouns the difference between alkane and nitroalkane

is that alkane is while nitroalkane is any alkane containing a nitro group.

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 ----

    nitroalkane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any alkane containing a nitro group
    • Nitromethane and nitroethane are nitroalkanes .

    Related terms

    *nitroalkene