different between hydrocarbon vs fenestrane

English

hydro- +? carbon

hydrocarbon (plural hydrocarbons)

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

Latin fenestra (“window”) +? -ane, from the apparent similarity of the structure to a windowpane.

fenestrane (plural fenestranes)

(chemistry) Any hydrocarbon consisting of a central carbon atom connected with single bonds to four other carbon atoms each of which is connected to two of the others by a chain of carbon atoms; any derivative of such a compound.

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