methylene
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See also: méthylène
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
French méthylène, from Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu, “wine”) + ὕλη (húlē, “wood”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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:
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- chloromethylene
- decamethonium
- demecarium
- dimethylene
- exomethylene
- hexamethonium
- medronic acid
- methenamine
- methoctramine
- methylenation
- methylene-bis-ortho-chloroaniline
- methylene blue
- methylene chloride
- methylenecyclopentadiene
- methylenecyclopropane
- methylene dichloride
- methylenedioxy
- methylenedioxyamphetamine
- methylenediphosphonate
- methylene diphosphonate
- methylenetetrahydrofolate
- methylenic
- new methylene
- octamethylene
- oxymethylene
- pentamethylene
- pentamethylenediamine
- polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
- polymethylene
- polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
- polyoxymethylene
- suxamethonium
- tetramethylene
- trimethylene
- trioxymethylene
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
divalent radical
group present as a repeating unit
unstable carbene CH2
