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vinylidene

vinylidene noun: any carbene in which the carbenic carbon is attached to another atom with a double bond R₂C=C.

Noun

vinylidene (plural vinylidenes)

  1. Any carbene in which the carbenic carbon is attached to another atom with a double bond R₂C=C

Forms of vinylidene

pluralvinylidenes

Words formed from vinylidene

Questions about vinylidene

What does vinylidene mean?
Vinylidene means any carbene in which the carbenic carbon is attached to another atom with a double bond R₂C=C.
What part of speech is vinylidene?
Vinylidene is a noun.
What is the plural of vinylidene?
The plural of vinylidene is vinylidenes.

Words near vinylidene in the dictionary

  1. vinylenes
  2. vinylglycine
  3. vinylglycines
  4. vinylhalide
  5. vinylic
  6. vinylidene
  7. vinylidene chloride
  8. vinylidenedifluoride
  9. vinylidenes
  10. vinylimidazolium
  11. vinylimidazoliums

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