Methylene may refer to:

  • Methylene group or methylene bridge (CH<sub>2</sub>&lt; or equivalently −CH<sub>2</sub>−), a part of a molecule connected to the rest of the molecule by two single bonds.
  • An older name for methylidene group (=CH<sub>2</sub>), a part of a molecule connected to another atom by a double bond.
  • Methylene (compound) (CH<sub>2</sub>), 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

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