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Phenalene vs Phenylene - What's the difference?

phenalene | phenylene |

As nouns the difference between phenalene and phenylene

is that phenalene is phenalene while phenylene is phenylene.

phenalene

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic compound) A tricyclic hydrocarbon consisting of a cyclohexene ring ortho- and peri-fused to naphthalene.

    • phenylene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of three isomeric divalent aromatic radicals derived from benzene by removing two hydrogen atoms from the ortho-, meta- or para- positions.

    • Derived terms

    *phenylenediamine *phenylene blue *phenylene brown *polyphenylene