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Azane vs Alane - What's the difference?

azane | alane |

As nouns the difference between azane and alane

is that azane is ammonia, NH3 while alane is aluminium hydride, AlH3

azane

English

Noun

  • (inorganic compound, uncountable) ammonia, NH3.Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry. IUPAC Recommendations 2005. Connelly, Neil G. (ed.), Damhus, Ture (ed.) Hartshorn, R.M. and Hutton, A.T. The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2005 [ISBN 0 85404 438 8]
  • (inorganic chemistry) Any saturated hydride of nitrogen having a general formula NnHn+2 such as hydrazine.

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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.