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Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Acyclic > Alkenes

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Alkenes  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Alkene
  • Olefin
  • Olefins

Scope note

  • Unsaturated hydrocarbons of the type Cn-H2n, indicated by the suffix -ene. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed, p408)

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  • 66

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