Organohalide vs Haloalkane - What's the difference?

organohalide | haloalkane | Hypernyms |

Haloalkane is a hypernym of organohalide.



As nouns the difference between organohalide and haloalkane

is that organohalide is an organic halide, an organic compound containing one or more substituted halogen atoms while haloalkane is any alkane in which one or more hydrogen atoms has been replaced by that of a halogen.

organohalide

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic compound) An organic halide, an organic compound containing one or more substituted halogen atoms.

    • Anagrams

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    haloalkane

    English

    (wikipedia haloalkane)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any alkane in which one or more hydrogen atoms has been replaced by that of a halogen

    • Synonyms

    *alkyl halide

    Hyponyms

    * chloroalkane

    Hypernyms

    * organohalide *halocarbon