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Propylene vs Hydrocarbylene - What's the difference?

propylene | hydrocarbylene |

As nouns the difference between propylene and hydrocarbylene

is that propylene is the common name for the organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C3H6 while hydrocarbylene is any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon.

propylene

English

Noun

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  • (organic compound) The common name for the organic chemical compound propene. An alkene which is a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C3H6.

    • Synonyms

    * IUPAC name: propene

    Derived terms

    * polypropylene * propylene glycol * propylene oxide

    hydrocarbylene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from a hydrocarbon

    • See also

    *methylene *ethylene *propylene *hydrocarbylidene