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Divalent vs Spirocyclobutane - What's the difference?

divalent | spirocyclobutane |

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

is that divalent is (chemistry) having a valence of two while spirocyclobutane is (chemistry) a divalent radical in which a cyclobutane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more-or-less at right angles to one another.

As an adjective divalent

is (chemistry) having a valence of two.

As a noun spirocyclobutane is

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

divalent

English

Adjective

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

    • See also

    * bivalent

    spirocyclobutane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A divalent radical in which a cyclobutane 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