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Hydrocarbon vs Phenylacetylene - What's the difference?

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In organic chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between hydrocarbon and phenylacetylene

is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while phenylacetylene is (organic chemistry) an alkyne hydrocarbon containing a phenyl group, sometimes used as an analogue for acetylene in scientific research.

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and phenylacetylene

is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while phenylacetylene is (organic chemistry) an alkyne hydrocarbon containing a phenyl group, sometimes used as an analogue for acetylene in scientific research.

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

    phenylacetylene

    English

    Noun

  • (organic chemistry) An alkyne hydrocarbon containing a phenyl group, sometimes used as an analogue for acetylene in scientific research.