hydrocarbylidene

noun

any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom of a hydrocarbon, and the free valencies of which form a double bond - R₂C=

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Meanings

nounhydrocarbylidene (plural hydrocarbylidenes)

plural hydrocarbylidenes

  1. chemistryany divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom of a hydrocarbon, and the free valencies of which form a double bond - R₂C=
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