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Saturated vs Propargylic - What's the difference?

saturated | propargylic |

As adjectives the difference between saturated and propargylic

is that saturated is full; unable to hold or contain any more while propargylic is describing a saturated carbon atom in a molecule adjacent to a triple bond.

As a verb saturated

is past tense of saturate.

saturated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (saturate)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
  • (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
  • (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
  • (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
  • propargylic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (organic chemistry) Describing a saturated carbon atom in a molecule adjacent to a triple bond