What does "hydrocarbylidene" mean?

any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom of a hydrocarbon, and the free valencies of which form a double bond - R₂C=

Hydrocarbylidene

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any divalent radical formed by removing two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom of a hydrocarbon, and the free valencies of which form a double bond - R₂C=

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