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Pentaene vs Pentene - What's the difference?

pentaene | pentene |

As nouns the difference between pentaene and pentene

is that pentaene is any compound having five carbon-carbon double bonds while pentene is any of several isomeric alkenes having five carbon atoms and one double bond.

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

    • pentene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia pentene) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of several isomeric alkenes having five carbon atoms and one double bond