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Butene vs Butanol - What's the difference?

butene | butanol |

As nouns the difference between butene and butanol

is that butene is any of several forms of butylene while butanol is any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C4H9-OH.

butene

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of several forms of butylene.

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    butanol

    English

    (wikipedia butanol)

    Noun

  • (organic compound) Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C4H9-OH
  • # or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH3(CH2)3-OH
  • # or sec-butanol - CH3CH2CH(CH3)-OH
  • # or iso-butanol - (CH3)2CHCH2-OH
  • # or tert-butanol - (CH3)3C-OH