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alkylenes

alkylenes is the plural of alkylene.

Meaning of alkylene

Noun

alkylene (plural alkylenes)

  1. (obsolete) An alkene.
  2. (obsolete) An alkanediyl functional group, especially one having the free valencies of adjacent carbon atoms.

Questions about alkylenes

What is alkylenes the plural of?
Alkylenes is the plural of alkylene.

Words near alkylenes in the dictionary

  1. alkylcyclohexanones
  2. alkyldihydroxyacetone
  3. alkyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride
  4. alkylene
  5. alkylene oxide
  6. alkylenes
  7. alkylglucoside
  8. alkylglucosides
  9. alkylglycerol
  10. alkylglycerols
  11. alkylglycerone phosphate synthase

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