Where does “diyne” come from?
diyne (English) comes from English -yne, from English -ylene — used to form the names of bivalent radicals.
diyne (English): Any compound having two acetylene groups
Definitions
- Any compound having two acetylene groups
Ancestry of “diyne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -yne | An unsaturated hydrocarbon having at least one... |
| 2 | English | -ylene | used to form the names of bivalent radicals |