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Hydrocarbon vs Hopane - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | hopane |

In organic chemistry terms the difference between hydrocarbon and hopane

is that hydrocarbon is a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while hopane is a hopanoid hydrocarbon.

hydrocarbon

English

(wikipedia hydrocarbon)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.

    • Derived terms

    * fluorochlorohydrocarbon * hydrocarbonaceous * hydrocarbonic

    Hyponyms

    * alkane * alkene * alkyne * cycloalkane * cycloalkene * arene

    See also

    * aliphatic * aromatic * petroleum

    hopane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A hopanoid hydrocarbon

    • Derived terms

    * bacteriohopane * bacteriohopanepolyol * bacteriohopanetetrol * bacteriohopanoid * hopanoid