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Methylene vs Hydrocarbylene - What's the difference?

methylene | hydrocarbylene |

As nouns the difference between methylene and hydrocarbylene

is that methylene is the divalent radical CH2< in which the free valencies are part of single bonds while hydrocarbylene is any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon.

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:
  • hydrocarbylene

    English

    Noun

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

    *methylene *ethylene *propylene *hydrocarbylidene