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Polyene vs Polyenyl - What's the difference?

polyene | polyenyl |

As nouns the difference between polyene and polyenyl

is that polyene is an organic compound containing several double bonds, especially one containing a sequence of many alternating single and double bonds while polyenyl is any radical derived from a polyene.

polyene

English

Noun

(wikipedia polyene) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) An organic compound containing several double bonds, especially one containing a sequence of many alternating single and double bonds

    • polyenyl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any radical derived from a polyene