As nouns the difference between hydrocarbon and tetrathiafulvalene
is that hydrocarbon is (organic chemistry) a compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms while tetrathiafulvalene is an organosulfur compound related to the hydrocarbon fulvalene by replacement of four ch (carbon-hydrogen) groups with sulfur atoms.
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