As nouns the difference between toluene and benzylene
is that toluene is a colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds while benzylene is the divalent radical C6H5-CH= related to toluene.
toluene
English
Noun
(-)
(organic compound) A colourless, inflammable liquid hydrocarbon, methylbenzene, CH3.C6H5, used as a solvent, in high-octane fuels and in the production of many chemical compounds.
Synonyms
* methylbenzene
* phenylmethane
benzylene
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The divalent radical C6H5-CH= related to toluene
See also
* benzyl