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Alkene vs Alkylene - What's the difference?

alkene | alkylene |

As nouns the difference between alkene and alkylene

is that alkene is an unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds while alkylene is an alkene.

alkene

English

(wikipedia alkene)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.

    • See also

    * alkyne * ethylene

    alkylene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, organic chemistry) An alkene.
  • (obsolete, organic chemistry) An alkanediyl functional group, especially one having the free valencies of adjacent carbon atoms.

    • Usage notes

    This is not obsolete in the functional group usage for chemical patent claims and descriptions; used along with alkenylene and alkynylene.

    See also

    * methylene * ethylene * propylene

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