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acetylenenoun(organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy.

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acetylenenoun(organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odourless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy.
ethinenounAlternative form of ethyne. [(organic chemistry, official IUPAC name) The organic compound acetylene. The simplest alkyne, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula HC≡CH or C₂H₂.]
ethenenoun(organic chemistry, IUPAC name) The organic chemical compound ethylene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄
ethynylnoun(organic chemistry) The univalent radical HC≡C- derived from acetylene.
ethylenenoun(organic chemistry) The common name for the organic chemical compound ethene. The simplest alkene, a colorless gaseous (at room temperature and pressure) hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₂H₄.
ethinylnounAlternative form of ethynyl. [(organic chemistry) The univalent radical HC≡C- derived from acetylene.]
propynenoun(organic chemistry) the alkyne HC≡C-CH₃
arynenoun(organic chemistry) Any hydrocarbon, normally a transient species, derived from an arene by removal of two hydrogen atoms from adjacent carbon atoms, and thus possessing a formal triple bond; the simplest is benzyne
diacetylenenoun(organic chemistry) A highly unsaturated hydrocarbon, HC≡C-C≡CH, the simplest polyyne
acetylenylnoun(organic chemistry) Any radical derived from an acetylene, but especially ethynyl
ethanenoun(organic chemistry, uncountable) An aliphatic hydrocarbon, C₂H₆, gaseous at normal temperatures and pressures, being a constituent of natural gas.
ethyniumnoun(inorganic chemistry) The cation, protonated acetylene (C₂H₃⁺)
phenylacetylenenoun(organic chemistry) An alkyne hydrocarbon containing a phenyl group, sometimes used as an analogue for acetylene in scientific research.
ethynylenenoun(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The divalent radical derived from ethyne -C≡C-
arylacetylenenoun(organic chemistry) Any aryl derivative of acetylene
alkynenoun(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
ethenonenoun(organic chemistry) The simplest ketene, of formula CH₂=C=O
cyanoacetylenenoun(organic chemistry) The linear acetylenic nitrile HC≡C-CN or any derivative of this compound
methylacetylenenoun(chemistry) propyne
haloalkynenoun(organic chemistry) Any halogen substituted alkyne; a haloacetylene

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