In organic compound|lang=en terms the difference between polyacetylene and bupleurynol

is that polyacetylene is (organic compound) a black polymer, derived from acetylene, containing alternating single and double bonds in a (-ch=ch-) repeat unit; it is an organic semiconductor while bupleurynol is (organic compound) any of a class of polyacetylenes that occur in plants of the genus bupleurum .

As nouns the difference between polyacetylene and bupleurynol

is that polyacetylene is (organic chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds containing a acetylene (-c≡c-) repeat units, especially any that occur naturally in some composite plants while bupleurynol is (organic compound) any of a class of polyacetylenes that occur in plants of the genus bupleurum .