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cycloheptene
Sign in to saveCycloheptene is a 7-membered cycloalkene with a flash point of −6.7 °C. It is a raw material in organic chemistry and a monomer in polymer synthesis. Cycloheptene can exist as either the cis- or the trans-isomer. 400px
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H12
- Molecular weight
- 96.17 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- cycloheptene
- SMILES
- C1CCC=CCC1
- InChIKey
- ZXIJMRYMVAMXQP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.4
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
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- ''trans''-Cycloheptene
- References
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Cycloheptene is a 7-membered cycloalkene with a flash point of −6.7 °C. It is a raw material in organic chemistry and a monomer in polymer synthesis. Cycloheptene can exist as either the cis- or the trans-isomer. 400px
== trans-Cycloheptene == Under normal conditions, the cycloheptene double bond forms the cis isomer. However, the unstable trans isomer is an accessible reactive intermediate. Methyl benzoate catalyzes singlet photosensitization; irradiating cis-cycloheptene and it with ultraviolet light at −35 °C produces a detectible trans-cycloheptene population.
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