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Styrene vs Styryl - What's the difference?

styrene | styryl |

As nouns the difference between styrene and styryl

is that styrene is an aromatic hydrocarbon, vinyl-benzene; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene while styryl is the univalent radical C6H5-CH=CH- derived from styrene.

styrene

English

Noun

(wikipedia styrene) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) an aromatic hydrocarbon, vinyl-benzene; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene

    • styryl

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) The univalent radical C6H5-CH=CH- derived from styrene

    • Synonyms

    *cinnamyl