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Pentacene vs Pentaene - What's the difference?

pentacene | pentaene |

As nouns the difference between pentacene and pentaene

is that pentacene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing five fused rings while pentaene is any compound having five carbon-carbon double bonds.

pentacene

English

(wikipedia pentacene)

Noun

  • (organic compound) A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; the acene containing five fused rings.

    • pentaene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any compound having five carbon-carbon double bonds
  • (steroid chemistry) An intermediate (unreduced) product in Torgov steroid synthesis