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Methylene vs Nortropane - What's the difference?

methylene | nortropane |

As nouns the difference between methylene and nortropane

is that methylene is methylene while nortropane is (organic chemistry) a bicyclic heterocycle derived from tropane by loss of a methylene group; any derivative of this compound.

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")

    nortropane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A bicyclic heterocycle derived from tropane by loss of a methylene group; any derivative of this compound.