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Methene vs Methylene - What's the difference?

methene | methylene |

As nouns the difference between methene and methylene

is that methene is methylene while methylene is the divalent radical CH2< in which the free valencies are part of single bonds.

methene

English

Noun

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  • (chemistry) methylene
    • (Webster 1913)

    methylene

    English

    Noun

  • (organic chemistry) The divalent radical CH2< in which the free valencies are part of single bonds.
  • (organic chemistry) The same group, present as a repeating unit, in aliphatic compounds with names such as hexamethylenediamine.
  • (organic chemistry) The unstable carbene CH2:

    • Related terms

    * methylidene

    External links

    * (wikipedia "methylene")