Alkene

Introduction: Alkene

Description of Alkene

Alkene: An acyclic hydrocarbon containing one or more carbon-carbon double bonds; e.g., ethene, propene. SYN: olefin.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Alkene: unsaturated hydrocarbons of the type Cn-H2n, indicated by the suffix -ene.
Source: CRISP

Alkene: Unsaturated hydrocarbons of the type Cn-H2n, indicated by the suffix -ene. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed, p408).
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Alkene:

Terms Similar to Alkene:

• Olefins
• Pentenes

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Alkene:

• Allyl Compounds
• Ethylenes
• Polyenes
• Vinyl Compounds
• Enediynes
• Polyunsaturated Alkamides

Source - MeSH 2007

• allyl compound
• ethylene
• haloalkene
• polyene

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Alkene

• Hydrocarbons, Acyclic

Source - MeSH 2007

• hydrocarbon

Source - CRISP

The term Alkene can be used for:

• nitroalkene
• olefin

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Alkene

The following list attempts to classify Alkene into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Organic Chemicals
  • Hydrocarbons
    • Hydrocarbons, Acyclic
      • Alkenes

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