- Nonylene by Webster's
... n.) Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.(n.) Any one of a series of metameric, unsaturated hydrocarbons C9H18 of the ethylene series.
- Heptine by Webster's
... n.) Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.
- Unsaturated Hydrocarbons by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
hydrocarbons containing one or more multiple carbon-carbon bonds. Among the unsaturated hydrocarbons are olefins, or alkenes, of the general formula C nH 2n (for example, ethylene, CH 2 ═ CH 2, and propylene, CH 3CH ═ CH 2), and also hydrocarbons of the general formula C nH 2n - 2; (1) unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a triple bond, called alkynes (acetylene, CH≡CH, and its homologues ...
- Hydrocarbon by Great Soviet Encyclopedia
any of a class of organic compounds consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Depending on their structure, a distinction is made between acyclic, or aliphatic, hydrocarbons, in which the carbon atoms are bound to one another in linear or branched chains, and isocyclic, or carbocyclic, hydrocarbons, the molecules of which form rings consisting of three or more carbon atoms. Isocyclic ...
- Octylene by Webster's
... n.) Any one of a series of metameric hydrocarbons (C8H16) of the ethylene series. In general they are combustible, colorless liquids.