The alkenes are a functional group characterized by the presence of a carbon-carbon double bond. Acyclic alkene hydrocarbons are represented by the empirical formula CnH2n. Alkenes were originally called olefins. This name came from olefiant gas, which...

One that contains double or triple bonds between certain atoms in its structure. These bonds may be broken without disrupting the existing molecular skeleton to allow the molecule to combine with other atoms. An unsaturated hydrocarbon is therefore...

These compounds have a carbon-carbon double bond. The general formula is CnH2n. Because of the double bond, these are...

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In organic chemistry, an alkene, olefin, or olefine is an unsaturated chemical compound containing at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond. [1] The simplest acyclic alkenes, with only one double bond and no other functional groups, form a homologous...

The Mechanisms of Atmospheric Oxidation of the Alkenes. J. G. Calvert et al. 2000. 560 pp. $105.00. Hardbound. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-513177-0. Alkenes are an important class of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in the atmosphere. They originate from both anthropogenic (automobile...

Degradation of lipid peroxides leads to the formation of cytotoxic 2-alkenals and oxenes (collectively designated reactive carbonyls). The novel NADPH-dependent oxidoreductase 2-alkenal reductase (AER; EC 1.3.1.74) from Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana), which is encoded by the gene At5g16970, catalyzes the reduction of the α,β-unsaturated bond...