What is the relationship between olefins and alkenes?
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When checking Jishu King Ciba, the result for olefin is paraffin, while the result for alkene is \"alkenes, aliphatic hydrocarbons.\" But then why is it called MTO rather than MTA when referring to the production of alkenes from methanol? Who can tell me what’s going on here? Is there a mistake in WordMaster?
If you look up other translations from English to Chinese, you’ll get different results. Olefin refers to hydrocarbons with double bonds, and it’s a term that is widely used in practice
Perhaps it’s out of fear of being confused with methanol-to-aromatics
It should be an olefin; for example, in DMTO, the O here refers to an olefin
Olefins have a wider range, while alkenes generally refer to alkyl olefins.