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Vinylene vs Vinylidene - What's the difference?

vinylene | vinylidene |

In chemistry terms the difference between vinylene and vinylidene

is that vinylene is the divalent radical, -CH=CH-, formally derived by removing a hydrogen atom from each carbon of an ethylene molecule while vinylidene is any carbene in which the carbenic carbon is attached to another atom with a double bond R2C=C:

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

    • vinylidene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any carbene in which the carbenic carbon is attached to another atom with a double bond R2C=C:

    • Derived terms

    *vinylidene chloride *vinylidene dichloride *vinylidene group *vinylidene radical *vinylidene resin *polyvinylidene