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Is ethyl the same as acetylene?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No, Ethyl referrs to the radical C2H5 - it comes from ethane (C2H6) with one hydrogen atom removed.

Acetylene is C2H2. And it is not a radical like Ethyl is.

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