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Chloroalkane vs Haloalkane - What's the difference?

chloroalkane | haloalkane |

Haloalkane is a hyponym of chloroalkane.

Haloalkane is a hypernym of chloroalkane.



In organic chemistry terms the difference between chloroalkane and haloalkane

is that chloroalkane is any haloalkane in which the halogen is chlorine while haloalkane is any alkane in which one or more hydrogen atoms has been replaced by that of a halogen.

chloroalkane

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any haloalkane in which the halogen is chlorine

    • Hypernyms

    * haloalkane * organochloride

    haloalkane

    English

    (wikipedia haloalkane)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any alkane in which one or more hydrogen atoms has been replaced by that of a halogen

    • Synonyms

    *alkyl halide

    Hyponyms

    * chloroalkane

    Hypernyms

    * organohalide *halocarbon