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Divalent vs Hydrocarbylene - What's the difference?

divalent | hydrocarbylene |

In context|chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between divalent and hydrocarbylene

is that divalent is (chemistry) having a valence of two while hydrocarbylene is (chemistry) any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon.

As an adjective divalent

is (chemistry) having a valence of two.

As a noun hydrocarbylene is

(chemistry) any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon.

divalent

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (chemistry) Having a valence of two.

    • See also

    * bivalent

    hydrocarbylene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon

    • See also

    *methylene *ethylene *propylene *hydrocarbylidene