methylene
See also: méthylène
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French méthylène, from Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + ὕλη (húlē, “wood”).
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methylene (countable and uncountable, plural methylenes)
- (organic chemistry) The divalent group CH2< in which the free valencies are part of single bonds.
- (organic chemistry) The same group, present as a repeating unit, in aliphatic compounds with names such as hexamethylenediamine.
- (organic chemistry) The unstable carbene CH2:
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divalent radical
group present as a repeating unit
unstable carbene CH2