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Ethane vs Ethene - What's the difference?

ethane | ethene |

Ethene is a related term of ethane.



As nouns the difference between ethane and ethene

is that ethane is an aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas while ethene is the official IUPAC name for the organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.

ethane

English

(wikipedia ethane)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (organic compound, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C2H6, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
  • (organic compound, countable) The same compound, subjected to modification by replacing one or more of the hydrogen atoms with other radicals.
    • chlorinated ethanes'; halogenated ' ethanes
  • * 1959 , A. F. Trotman-Dickenson, Free Radicals: An Introduction , page 45,
    • The dissociation constants for ethanes' in which the two halves of the molecule are different are not always close to the mean of the dissociation constants of the corresponding symmetrical ' ethanes .
  • * 1968 , Transactions of the Faraday Society , Volume 64, page 1573,
    • Analysis of the ethane fraction also revealed anomalous deuteration of the ethane, the ethanes' C2H5D, C2H4D2 and C2H3D3 being observed as well as C2H6. ' Ethanes with more than three D atoms were not detected.

    ethene

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) The official IUPAC name for the organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C2H4.

    • Synonyms

    * ethylene

    Derived terms

    * polyethene * polythene (UK)