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Alkynal vs Alkane - What's the difference?

alkynal | alkane |

As nouns the difference between alkynal and alkane

is that alkynal is any aldehyde containing an alkyne group while alkane is .

alkynal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any aldehyde containing an alkyne 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 ----