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Vinylene vs Phenylenevinylene - What's the difference?

vinylene | phenylenevinylene |

As nouns the difference between vinylene and phenylenevinylene

is that vinylene is the divalent radical, -CH=CH-, formally derived by removing a hydrogen atom from each carbon of an ethylene molecule while phenylenevinylene is the divalent radical derived from phenylene and vinylene (used especially as a polymer.

vinylene

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) the divalent radical, -CH=CH-, formally derived by removing a hydrogen atom from each carbon of an ethylene molecule

    • phenylenevinylene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The divalent radical derived from phenylene and vinylene (used especially as a polymer)