butyne
English
Etymology
Noun
butyne (plural butynes)
- (organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric acetylenes containing four carbon atoms and a triple bond, with the empirical formula (C4H6)
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1-butyne (but-1-yne)
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2-butyne (but-2-yne)
Hyponyms
(but-1-yne / 1-butyne)
- ethylacetylene (“1-ethylacetylene”)
- ethylethyne (“1-ethylethyne”)
(but-2-yne / 2-butyne)
- dimethylethyne (“1,2-dimethylethyne”)
- dimethylacetylene (“1,2-dimethylacetylene”)
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- butynyl (C4H5-)
Related terms
Coordinate terms
- methylpropynyl (“1-methylprop-2-ynyl”) (C4H5-)