Alkene:
A functional
group characterized by a carbon-carbon double
bond. When the carbon-carbon double
bond is fully contained within another functional
group such as a benzene
ring, we do not say the more complex functional
group is an alkene.
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| General alkene structure. | |
Ethylene, the simplest alkene. | |
Z-3-iodo-2-octene, a disubstituted internal alkene. |