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alkylidene

alkylidene noun: any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=.

Noun

alkylidene (plural alkylidenes)

  1. Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=

Forms of alkylidene

pluralalkylidenes

Questions about alkylidene

What does alkylidene mean?
Alkylidene means any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=.
What part of speech is alkylidene?
Alkylidene is a noun.
What is the plural of alkylidene?
The plural of alkylidene is alkylidenes.

Words near alkylidene in the dictionary

  1. alkylhydroperoxide
  2. alkylhydroperoxides
  3. alkylhydroxylamide
  4. alkylhydroxylamides
  5. alkylic
  6. alkylidene
  7. alkylideneamino
  8. alkylideneaminoxyl
  9. alkylideneaminoxyls
  10. alkylideneaminyl
  11. alkylideneaminyls

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