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alkylene

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Meaning

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

Similar words

alkene alkylene oxide chloroalkene cycloalkene ethylene monoalkene alkenyl arylalkyne ethene cycloalkyne

Often followed by

oxide oxides group glycol terephthalate glycols radical chain or carbonates

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