Haloalkane vs Haloalkene - What's the difference?

haloalkane | haloalkene |


In organic chemistry terms the difference between haloalkane and haloalkene

is that haloalkane is any alkane in which one or more hydrogen atoms has been replaced by that of a halogen while haloalkene is any halogen substituted alkene.

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  • (organic chemistry) Any alkane in which one or more hydrogen atoms has been replaced by that of a halogen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

    haloalkene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any halogen substituted alkene