Methylene

Methylene may refer to:

• Methylene group or methylene bridge (CH₂< or equivalently −CH₂−), a part of a molecule connected to the rest of the molecule by two single bonds.
• An older name for methylidene group (=CH₂), a part of a molecule connected to another atom by a double bond.
• Methylene (compound) (CH₂), an organic compound.

See also

• Bichloride of methylene (30% methanol and 70% chloroform), a variant of the old anesthetic A.C.E. mixture
• Methyl group
• Methylenedioxy
• Mytilene, a city in Greece
• Methanol