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Cyclopentane vs Spirocyclopentane - What's the difference?

cyclopentane | spirocyclopentane |

As nouns the difference between cyclopentane and spirocyclopentane

is that cyclopentane is (organic compound) an alicyclic hydrocarbon, c5h10; a volatile inflammable liquid, sometimes used as a solvent while spirocyclopentane is (chemistry) a divalent radical in which a cyclopentane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another.

cyclopentane

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(wikipedia cyclopentane)

Noun

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  • (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C5H10; a volatile inflammable liquid, sometimes used as a solvent.

    • spirocyclopentane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A divalent radical in which a cyclopentane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another

    • See also

    * on Wikipedia