different between hydrocarbon vs cyclophane

English

hydro- +? carbon

hydrocarbon (plural hydrocarbons)

(organic chemistry) A compound consisting only of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
Hyponyms: alkane, alkene, alkyne, cycloalkane, cycloalkene, arene

cyclo- +? phane

cyclophane (plural cyclophanes)

(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon consisting an aromatic unit (typically a benzene ring) and an aliphatic chain that forms a bridge between two positions of the aromatic ring; more complex derivatives (the superphanes) with multiple aromatic units and bridges forming cagelike structures are known.
(organic chemistry) Any cyclic structure used as a base phane in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds

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