alkene

Also known as alkenes

thumb|right|120px|A 3D model of ethylene, the simplest alkene

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An alkene is a type of hydrocarbon molecule that contains a double bond between carbon atoms, with ethylene being the simplest example. Alkenes are important in chemistry and industry because they serve as building blocks for making plastics, fuels, and many other useful chemical products.

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Electro-/photocatalytic alkene-derived radical cation chemistry: recent advances in synthetic applications.ReviewChemical Society reviews · 2022Luo MJ, Xiao Q, Li JHDOI: 10.1039/d2cs00013j
Harnessing nature's catalysts: Advances in enzymatic alkene cleavage.ReviewJournal of biotechnology · 2024Schober L, Schiefer A, Winkler M et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2024.09.020
Alkene dialkylation by triple radical sorting.Nature · 2024Wang JZ, Lyon WL, MacMillan DWCDOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07165-x
Alkene Difunctionalization Using Hypervalent Iodine Reagents: Progress and Developments in the Past Ten Years.ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Lee JH, Choi S, Hong KBDOI: 10.3390/molecules24142634
Bridgehead Alkene-Enabled Strain-Driven Bioorthogonal Reaction.Organic letters · 2022Xie F, Jiang H, Jia X et al.DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c01895
Atroposelective Arene-Forming Alkene Metathesis.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2022Jončev Z, Sparr CDOI: 10.1002/anie.202211168
Proximity-enhanced protein crosslinking through an alkene-tetrazine reaction.Bioorganic chemistry · 2023Ma B, Niu W, Guo JDOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106359
Alkene oligomerisation and polymerisation with metal-NHC based catalysts.ReviewDalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) · 2009McGuinness DDOI: 10.1039/b906479f

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34 sections

Contents

Structure and bonding
Bonding
Shape
Isomerism
Isomerism
Nomenclature
''Cis''–''trans'' isomerism
Groups containing C=C double bonds
Physical properties
Boiling and melting points
Infrared spectroscopy
NMR spectroscopy
Combustion
Reactions
Addition to the unsaturated bonds
Cycloaddition
Oxidation
Polymerization
Allylic substitution
Metathesis
Metal complexes
Reaction overview
Synthesis
Industrial methods
Elimination reactions
Synthesis from carbonyl compounds
Synthesis from alkenes
Synthesis from alkynes
Rearrangements and related reactions
Application
Occurrence
See also
References
Nomenclature links

thumb|right|120px|A 3D model of ethylene, the simplest alkene

In organic chemistry, an alkene, or olefin, is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond. The double bond may be internal or at the terminal position. Terminal alkenes are also known as α-olefins.