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Pentane vs Pentaene - What's the difference?

pentane | pentaene |

As nouns the difference between pentane and pentaene

is that pentane is (organic compound) an aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula c5h12; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methyl-butane (isopentane), and di-methyl-propane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions while pentaene is pentaene.

pentane

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic compound) An aliphatic hydrocarbon of chemical formula C5H12; either of the three isomers n-pentane, methyl-butane (isopentane), and di-methyl-propane (neopentane); volatile liquids under normal conditions.

    • Derived terms

    * cyclopentane

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    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