- In
organic chemistry, an
alkene, or olefin, is a
hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon
double bond. The
double bond may be
internal or in the terminal...
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organic chemistry,
terminal alkenes (alpha-olefins, α-olefins, or 1-
alkenes) are a
family of
organic compounds which are
alkenes (also
known as olefins) with...
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organic chemistry, enone–
alkene cycloadditions are a
version of the [2+2] cycloaddition. This
reaction involves an
enone and
alkene as substrates. Although...
- temperature. Thus,
trans alkenes,
which are less
polar and more symmetrical, have
lower boiling points and
higher melting points, and cis
alkenes,
which are generally...
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molecules with
multiple double bonds, it is
sometimes necessary to
indicate the
alkene location for each E or Z symbol. For example, the
chemical name of alitretinoin...
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Wittig reactions are most
commonly used to
convert aldehydes and
ketones to
alkenes. Most often, the
Wittig reaction is used to
introduce a
methylene group...
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reacts preferentially at the
disubstituted alkene,
whereas epoxidation with
mCPBA occurs at the
trisubstituted alkene. In
another synthetic method Markovnikov...
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better with straight-chain hydrocarbons. Trans-
alkenes are
about 1 kcal/mol more
stable than cis-
alkenes. An
example of this
effect is cis- vs trans-2-butene...
- and
Giulio Natta, is a
catalyst used in the
synthesis of
polymers of 1-
alkenes (alpha-olefins). Two
broad classes of Ziegler–Natta
catalysts are emplo****...
- Saytzeff's rule, Saytzev's rule) is an
empirical rule for
predicting the
favored alkene product(s) in
elimination reactions.
While at the
University of Kazan, Russian...
