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Hydrocarbylene vs Hydrocarbyl - What's the difference?

hydrocarbylene | hydrocarbyl |

As nouns the difference between hydrocarbylene and hydrocarbyl

is that hydrocarbylene is any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon while hydrocarbyl is any univalent radical, derived from a hydrocarbon, such as methyl or phenyl.

hydrocarbylene

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon

    • See also

    *methylene *ethylene *propylene *hydrocarbylidene

    hydrocarbyl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any univalent radical, derived from a hydrocarbon, such as methyl or phenyl.

    • See also

    *alkyl *aryl *cycloalkyl *heterocyclyl *hydrocarbylene *organoheteryl *organyl