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Hydrocarbon vs Norbornene - What's the difference?

hydrocarbon | norbornene |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and norbornene

is that hydrocarbon is a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while norbornene is the polycyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene derived from norbornane.

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

    norbornene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia norbornene)
  • (organic compound) the polycyclic unsaturated hydrocarbon bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene derived from norbornane

    • Synonyms

    * norbornylene * norcamphene

    Derived terms

    * polynorbornene