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Nitromethane vs Nitroethane - What's the difference?

nitromethane | nitroethane |

As nouns the difference between nitromethane and nitroethane

is that nitromethane is a colourless oily liquid used in organic synthesis, and as a fuel for rockets, racing cars and model aircraft while nitroethane is the aliphatic nitro compound CH3-CH2-NO2 that is used as a specialist solvent, and as a fuel additive.

nitromethane

English

Noun

  • a colourless oily liquid used in organic synthesis, and as a fuel for rockets, racing cars and model aircraft
  • (chemistry) the simplest nitroparaffin, CH3NO2

    • nitroethane

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia nitroethane) (-)
  • (organic compound) The aliphatic nitro compound CH3-CH2-NO2 that is used as a specialist solvent, and as a fuel additive