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255 relations: -ene, Acetylene, Acid strength, Alcohol (chemistry), Aldehyde, Aldol condensation, Alkane, Alkylation, Alkyne, Allenes, Allyl group, Amine, Amine oxide, Ammonia, Annulene, Aromatic compound, Aromaticity, Atomic orbital, Bamford–Stevens reaction, Barton–Kellogg reaction, Bond length, Boord olefin synthesis, Bredt's rule, Bromine number, Bromine test, But-2-ene, Butadiene, Butane, Butene, Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules, Carbanion, Carboalkoxylation, Carbocation, Carbometalation, Carbon, Carbonylation, Carboxylic acid, Carotene, Catalysis, Catalytic reforming, Cell signaling, Celsius, Chemical polarity, Chemical Reviews, Chemical shift, Chirality (chemistry), Chugaev elimination, Cis–trans isomerism, Cobalt, Combustion, ... Expand index (205 more) »
- Alkenes
-ene
The suffix -ene is used in organic chemistry to form names of organic compounds where the -C.
See Alkene and -ene
Acetylene
Acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula and structure.
Acid strength
Acid strength is the tendency of an acid, symbolised by the chemical formula HA, to dissociate into a proton, H+, and an anion, A-.
Alcohol (chemistry)
In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl functional group bound to carbon.
See Alkene and Alcohol (chemistry)
Aldehyde
In organic chemistry, an aldehyde is an organic compound containing a functional group with the structure.
Aldol condensation
An aldol condensation is a condensation reaction in organic chemistry in which two carbonyl moieties (of aldehydes or ketones) react to form a β-hydroxyaldehyde or β-hydroxyketone (an aldol reaction), and this is then followed by dehydration to give a conjugated enone.
See Alkene and Aldol condensation
Alkane
In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon.
Alkylation
Alkylation is a chemical reaction that entails transfer of an alkyl group.
Alkyne
\ce \ce Acetylene \ce \ce \ce Propyne \ce \ce \ce \ce 1-Butyne In organic chemistry, an alkyne is an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon—carbon triple bond.
Allenes
In organic chemistry, allenes are organic compounds in which one carbon atom has double bonds with each of its two adjacent carbon atoms (where R is H or some organyl group). Alkene and allenes are alkenes.
Allyl group
In organic chemistry, an allyl group is a substituent with the structural formula.
Amine
In chemistry, amines are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair.
See Alkene and Amine
Amine oxide
In chemistry, an amine oxide, also known as an amine N-oxide or simply N-oxide, is a chemical compound that has the chemical formula.
Ammonia
Ammonia is an inorganic chemical compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula.
Annulene
Annulenes are monocyclic hydrocarbons that contain the maximum number of non-cumulated or conjugated double bonds ('mancude').
Aromatic compound
Aromatic compounds or arenes usually refers to organic compounds "with a chemistry typified by benzene" and "cyclically conjugated." The word "aromatic" originates from the past grouping of molecules based on odor, before their general chemical properties were understood.
See Alkene and Aromatic compound
Aromaticity
In organic chemistry, aromaticity is a chemical property describing the way in which a conjugated ring of unsaturated bonds, lone pairs, or empty orbitals exhibits a stabilization stronger than would be expected by the stabilization of conjugation alone.
Atomic orbital
In quantum mechanics, an atomic orbital is a function describing the location and wave-like behavior of an electron in an atom.
Bamford–Stevens reaction
The Bamford–Stevens reaction is a chemical reaction whereby treatment of tosylhydrazones with strong base gives alkenes.
See Alkene and Bamford–Stevens reaction
Barton–Kellogg reaction
The Barton–Kellogg reaction is a coupling reaction between a diazo compound and a thioketone, giving an alkene by way of an episulfide intermediate.
See Alkene and Barton–Kellogg reaction
Bond length
In molecular geometry, bond length or bond distance is defined as the average distance between nuclei of two bonded atoms in a molecule.
Boord olefin synthesis
The Boord olefin synthesis is an organic reaction forming alkenes from ethers carrying a halogen atom 2 carbons removed from the oxygen atom (β-halo-ethers) using a metal such as magnesium or zinc.
See Alkene and Boord olefin synthesis
Bredt's rule
In organic chemistry, an anti-Bredt molecule is a bridged molecule with a double bond at the bridgehead.
Bromine number
In chemistry, the bromine number is the amount of bromine in grams absorbed by 100 g of a sample.
Bromine test
In organic chemistry, the bromine test is a qualitative test for the presence of unsaturation (carbon-to-carbon double or triple bonds), phenols and anilines.
But-2-ene
But-2-ene is an acyclic alkene with four carbon atoms. Alkene and But-2-ene are alkenes.
Butadiene
1,3-Butadiene is the organic compound with the formula CH2.
Butane
Butane or n-butane is an alkane with the formula C4H10.
Butene
Butene, also known as butylene, is an alkene with the formula. Alkene and Butene are alkenes.
Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules
In organic chemistry, the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog (CIP) sequence rules (also the CIP priority convention; named after Robert Sidney Cahn, Christopher Kelk Ingold, and Vladimir Prelog) are a standard process to completely and unequivocally name a stereoisomer of a molecule.
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Carbanion
In organic chemistry, a carbanion is an anion in which carbon is negatively charged.
Carboalkoxylation
In industrial chemistry, carboalkoxylation is a process for converting alkenes to esters.
See Alkene and Carboalkoxylation
Carbocation
A carbocation is an ion with a positively charged carbon atom.
Carbometalation
A carbometallation is any reaction where a carbon-metal bond reacts with a carbon-carbon π-bond to produce a new carbon-carbon σ-bond and a carbon-metal σ-bond.
See Alkene and Carbometalation
Carbon
Carbon is a chemical element; it has symbol C and atomic number 6.
Carbonylation
In chemistry, carbonylation refers to reactions that introduce carbon monoxide (CO) into organic and inorganic substrates.
Carboxylic acid
In organic chemistry, a carboxylic acid is an organic acid that contains a carboxyl group attached to an R-group.
See Alkene and Carboxylic acid
Carotene
The term carotene (also carotin, from the Latin carota, "carrot") is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals (with the exception of some aphids and spider mites which acquired the synthesizing genes from fungi).
Catalysis
Catalysis is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst.
Catalytic reforming
Catalytic reforming is a chemical process used to convert petroleum refinery naphthas distilled from crude oil (typically having low octane ratings) into high-octane liquid products called reformates, which are premium blending stocks for high-octane gasoline.
See Alkene and Catalytic reforming
Cell signaling
In biology, cell signaling (cell signalling in British English) is the process by which a cell interacts with itself, other cells, and the environment.
Celsius
The degree Celsius is the unit of temperature on the Celsius temperature scale "Celsius temperature scale, also called centigrade temperature scale, scale based on 0 ° for the melting point of water and 100 ° for the boiling point of water at 1 atm pressure." (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in the International System of Units (SI), the other being the closely related Kelvin scale.
Chemical polarity
In chemistry, polarity is a separation of electric charge leading to a molecule or its chemical groups having an electric dipole moment, with a negatively charged end and a positively charged end.
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Chemical Reviews
Chemical Reviews is peer-reviewed scientific journal published twice per month by the American Chemical Society.
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Chemical shift
In nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, the chemical shift is the resonant frequency of an atomic nucleus relative to a standard in a magnetic field.
Chirality (chemistry)
In chemistry, a molecule or ion is called chiral if it cannot be superposed on its mirror image by any combination of rotations, translations, and some conformational changes.
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Chugaev elimination
The Chugaev elimination is a chemical reaction that involves the elimination of water from alcohols to produce alkenes.
See Alkene and Chugaev elimination
Cis–trans isomerism
Cis–trans isomerism, also known as geometric isomerism, describes certain arrangements of atoms within molecules.
See Alkene and Cis–trans isomerism
Cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27.
Combustion
Combustion, or burning, is a high-temperature exothermic redox chemical reaction between a fuel (the reductant) and an oxidant, usually atmospheric oxygen, that produces oxidized, often gaseous products, in a mixture termed as smoke.
Conjugated system
In theoretical chemistry, a conjugated system is a system of connected p-orbitals with delocalized electrons in a molecule, which in general lowers the overall energy of the molecule and increases stability.
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Cope reaction
The Cope reaction or Cope elimination, developed by Arthur C. Cope, is the elimination reaction of an N-oxide to an alkene and a hydroxylamine.
Cope rearrangement
The Cope rearrangement is an extensively studied organic reaction involving the 3,3-sigmatropic rearrangement of 1,5-dienes.
See Alkene and Cope rearrangement
Corey–Winter olefin synthesis
The Corey–Winter olefin synthesis (also known as Corey–Winter–Eastwood olefination) is a series of chemical reactions for converting 1,2-diols into olefins.
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Covalent bond
A covalent bond is a chemical bond that involves the sharing of electrons to form electron pairs between atoms.
Cracking (chemistry)
In petrochemistry, petroleum geology and organic chemistry, cracking is the process whereby complex organic molecules such as kerogens or long-chain hydrocarbons are broken down into simpler molecules such as light hydrocarbons, by the breaking of carbon–carbon bonds in the precursors.
See Alkene and Cracking (chemistry)
Cumulene
A cumulene is a compound having three or more cumulative (consecutive) double bonds.
Cyclic compound
A cyclic compound (or ring compound) is a term for a compound in the field of chemistry in which one or more series of atoms in the compound is connected to form a ring.
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Cycloaddition
In organic chemistry, a cycloaddition is a chemical reaction in which "two or more unsaturated molecules (or parts of the same molecule) combine with the formation of a cyclic adduct in which there is a net reduction of the bond multiplicity".
Cycloalkane
In organic chemistry, the cycloalkanes (also called naphthenes, but distinct from naphthalene) are the monocyclic saturated hydrocarbons.
Cycloalkene
In organic chemistry, a cycloalkene or cycloolefin is a type of alkene hydrocarbon which contains a closed ring of carbon atoms and either one or more double bonds, but has no aromatic character.
Cyclobutane
Cyclobutane is a cycloalkane and organic compound with the formula (CH2)4.
Cycloheptene
Cycloheptene is a 7-membered cycloalkene with a flash point of −6.7 °C.
Cyclohexene
Cyclohexene is a hydrocarbon with the formula.
Cyclooctene
Cyclooctene is the cycloalkene with a formula.
Cyclopentadiene
Cyclopentadiene is an organic compound with the formula C5H6.
See Alkene and Cyclopentadiene
Cyclopropanation
In organic chemistry, cyclopropanation refers to any chemical process which generates cyclopropane rings.
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Degree of unsaturation
In the analysis of the molecular formula of organic molecules, the degree of unsaturation (DU) (also known as the index of hydrogen deficiency (IHD), double bond equivalents (DBE), or unsaturation index) is a calculation that determines the total number of rings and π bonds.
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Dehydration reaction
In chemistry, a dehydration reaction is a chemical reaction that involves the loss of water from the reacting molecule or ion.
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Dehydrogenation
In chemistry, dehydrogenation is a chemical reaction that involves the removal of hydrogen, usually from an organic molecule.
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Dehydrohalogenation
In chemistry, dehydrohalogenation is an elimination reaction which removes a hydrogen halide from a substrate.
See Alkene and Dehydrohalogenation
Dendralene
A dendralene is a discrete acyclic cross-conjugated polyene.
Deoxygenation
Deoxygenation is a chemical reaction involving the removal of oxygen atoms from a molecule.
Diels–Alder reaction
In organic chemistry, the Diels–Alder reaction is a chemical reaction between a conjugated diene and a substituted alkene, commonly termed the dienophile, to form a substituted cyclohexene derivative.
See Alkene and Diels–Alder reaction
Diene
In organic chemistry, a diene; also diolefin) or alkadiene) is a covalent compound that contains two double bonds, usually among carbon atoms. They thus contain two alk''ene'' units, with the standard prefix di of systematic nomenclature. As a subunit of more complex molecules, dienes occur in naturally occurring and synthetic chemicals and are used in organic synthesis.
See Alkene and Diene
Dihedral angle
A dihedral angle is the angle between two intersecting planes or half-planes.
Dihydroxylation
Dihydroxylation is the process by which an alkene is converted into a vicinal diol. Alkene and Dihydroxylation are alkenes.
See Alkene and Dihydroxylation
Diol
A diol is a chemical compound containing two hydroxyl groups (groups).
See Alkene and Diol
Diphosphorus tetraiodide
Diphosphorus tetraiodide is an orange crystalline solid with the formula P2I4.
See Alkene and Diphosphorus tetraiodide
Diterpene
Diterpenes are a class of terpenes composed of four isoprene units, often with the molecular formula C20H32.
Double bond
In chemistry, a double bond is a covalent bond between two atoms involving four bonding electrons as opposed to two in a single bond.
Drying oil
A drying oil is an oil that hardens to a tough, solid film after a period of exposure to air, at room temperature.
E–Z notation
E–Z configuration, or the E–Z convention, is the IUPAC preferred method of describing the absolute stereochemistry of double bonds in organic chemistry.
Electromagnetic shielding
In electrical engineering, electromagnetic shielding is the practice of reducing or redirecting the electromagnetic field (EMF) in a space with barriers made of conductive or magnetic materials.
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Electron
The electron (or in nuclear reactions) is a subatomic particle with a negative one elementary electric charge.
Elimination reaction
An elimination reaction is a type of organic reaction in which two substituents are removed from a molecule in either a one- or two-step mechanism.
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Ene reaction
In organic chemistry, the ene reaction (also known as the Alder-ene reaction by its discoverer Kurt Alder in 1943) is a chemical reaction between an alkene with an allylic hydrogen (the ene) and a compound containing a multiple bond (the enophile), in order to form a new σ-bond with migration of the ene double bond and 1,5 hydrogen shift.
Entropy
Entropy is a scientific concept that is most commonly associated with a state of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty.
Epoxide
In organic chemistry, an epoxide is a cyclic ether, where the ether forms a three-atom ring: two atoms of carbon and one atom of oxygen.
Ester pyrolysis
Ester pyrolysis in organic chemistry is a vacuum pyrolysis reaction converting esters containing a β-hydrogen atom into the corresponding carboxylic acid and the alkene.
See Alkene and Ester pyrolysis
Ethane
Ethane is a naturally occurring organic chemical compound with chemical formula.
Ethanol
Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.
Ethenolysis
In organic chemistry, ethenolysis is a chemical process in which internal olefins are degraded using ethylene as the reagent.
Ethylene
Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or. Alkene and Ethylene are alkenes.
Ethylene (plant hormone)
Ethylene (.
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Functional group
In organic chemistry, a functional group is a substituent or moiety in a molecule that causes the molecule's characteristic chemical reactions.
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German language
German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.
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Grieco elimination
The Grieco elimination is an organic reaction describing the elimination reaction of an aliphatic primary alcohol through a selenide to a terminal alkene.
See Alkene and Grieco elimination
Haloalkane
The haloalkanes (also known as halogenoalkanes or alkyl halides) are alkanes containing one or more halogen substituents.
Halogen addition reaction
A halogen addition reaction is a simple organic reaction where a halogen molecule is added to the carbon–carbon double bond of an alkene functional group.
See Alkene and Halogen addition reaction
Halonium ion
A halonium ion is any onium ion containing a halogen atom carrying a positive charge.
Heat of combustion
The heating value (or energy value or calorific value) of a substance, usually a fuel or food (see food energy), is the amount of heat released during the combustion of a specified amount of it.
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Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second.
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Heterogeneous catalysis
Heterogeneous catalysis is catalysis where the phase of catalysts differs from that of the reagents or products.
See Alkene and Heterogeneous catalysis
Hofmann elimination
Hofmann elimination is an elimination reaction of an amine to form alkenes.
See Alkene and Hofmann elimination
Homologous series
In organic chemistry, a homologous series is a sequence of compounds with the same functional group and similar chemical properties in which the members of the series differ by the number of repeating units they contain.
See Alkene and Homologous series
Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction
The Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons (HWE) reaction is a chemical reaction used in organic chemistry of stabilized phosphonate carbanions with aldehydes (or ketones) to produce predominantly E-alkenes.
See Alkene and Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction
Humulene
Humulene, also known as α-humulene or α-caryophyllene, is a naturally occurring monocyclic sesquiterpene (C15H24), containing an 11-membered ring and consisting of 3 isoprene units containing three nonconjugated C.
Hydration reaction
In chemistry, a hydration reaction is a chemical reaction in which a substance combines with water.
See Alkene and Hydration reaction
Hydroacylation
Hydroacylation is a type of organic reaction in which an electron-richSmith (2020), March's Organic Chemistry, 8th ed.
Hydroamination
In organic chemistry, hydroamination is the addition of an bond of an amine across a carbon-carbon multiple bond of an alkene, alkyne, diene, or allene.
Hydroboration–oxidation reaction
Hydroboration–oxidation reaction is a two-step hydration reaction that converts an alkene into an alcohol.
See Alkene and Hydroboration–oxidation reaction
Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
Hydroformylation
In organic chemistry, hydroformylation, also known as oxo synthesis or oxo process, is an industrial process for the production of aldehydes from alkenes.
See Alkene and Hydroformylation
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.
Hydrogenation
Hydrogenation is a chemical reaction between molecular hydrogen (H2) and another compound or element, usually in the presence of a catalyst such as nickel, palladium or platinum.
Hydrohalogenation
A hydrohalogenation reaction is the electrophilic addition of hydrogen halides like hydrogen chloride or hydrogen bromide to alkenes to yield the corresponding haloalkanes.
See Alkene and Hydrohalogenation
Hydrophosphination
Hydrophosphination is the insertion of a carbon-carbon multiple bond into a phosphorus-hydrogen bond forming a new phosphorus-carbon bond.
See Alkene and Hydrophosphination
Hydrovinylation
In organic chemistry, hydrovinylation is the formal insertion of an alkene into the C-H bond of ethylene: The more general reaction, hydroalkenylation, is the formal insertion of an alkene into the C-H bond of any terminal alkene. Alkene and hydrovinylation are alkenes.
See Alkene and Hydrovinylation
Hydroxyl radical
The hydroxyl radical, •HO, is the neutral form of the hydroxide ion (HO–).
See Alkene and Hydroxyl radical
Infrared
Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.
Intermolecular force
An intermolecular force (IMF) (or secondary force) is the force that mediates interaction between molecules, including the electromagnetic forces of attraction or repulsion which act between atoms and other types of neighbouring particles, e.g. atoms or ions.
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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations working for the advancement of the chemical sciences, especially by developing nomenclature and terminology.
See Alkene and International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Isobutylene
Isobutylene (or 2-methylpropene) is a hydrocarbon with the chemical formula. Alkene and Isobutylene are alkenes.
Isomer
In chemistry, isomers are molecules or polyatomic ions with identical molecular formula – that is, the same number of atoms of each element – but distinct arrangements of atoms in space.
Isoprene
Isoprene, or 2-methyl-1,3-butadiene, is a common volatile organic compound with the formula CH2.
IUPAC nomenclature of chemistry
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) has published four sets of rules to standardize chemical nomenclature.
See Alkene and IUPAC nomenclature of chemistry
J-coupling
In nuclear chemistry and nuclear physics, J-couplings (also called spin-spin coupling or indirect dipole–dipole coupling) are mediated through chemical bonds connecting two spins.
Joule
The joule (pronounced, or; symbol: J) is the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI).
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Julia olefination
The Julia olefination (also known as the Julia–Lythgoe olefination) is the chemical reaction used in organic chemistry of phenyl sulfones (1) with aldehydes (or ketones) to give alkenes (olefins)(3) after alcohol functionalization and reductive elimination using sodium amalgam or SmI2.
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Ketone
In organic chemistry, a ketone is an organic compound with the structure, where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents.
Koch reaction
The Koch reaction is an organic reaction for the synthesis of tertiary carboxylic acids from alcohols or alkenes.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Limonene
Limonene is a colorless liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the volatile oil of citrus fruit peels.
Lindlar catalyst
A Lindlar catalyst is a heterogeneous catalyst consisting of palladium deposited on calcium carbonate or barium sulfate then poisoned with various forms of lead or sulfur.
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Lycopene
Lycopene is an organic compound classified as a tetraterpene and a carotene.
Markovnikov's rule
In organic chemistry, Markovnikov's rule or Markownikoff's rule describes the outcome of some addition reactions.
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McGraw Hill Education
McGraw Hill is an American publishing company for educational content, software, and services for pre-K through postgraduate education.
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McMurry reaction
The McMurry reaction is an organic reaction in which two ketone or aldehyde groups are coupled to form an alkene using a titanium chloride compound such as titanium(III) chloride and a reducing agent.
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Methylene blue
Methylthioninium chloride, commonly called methylene blue, is a salt used as a dye and as a medication.
Molar concentration
Molar concentration (also called molarity, amount concentration or substance concentration) is a measure of the concentration of a chemical species, in particular, of a solute in a solution, in terms of amount of substance per unit volume of solution.
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Mole (unit)
The mole (symbol mol) is a unit of measurement, the base unit in the International System of Units (SI) for amount of substance, a quantity proportional to the number of elementary entities of a substance.
Molecular geometry
Molecular geometry is the three-dimensional arrangement of the atoms that constitute a molecule.
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Molecular mass
The molecular mass (m) is the mass of a given molecule.
Monoterpene
Monoterpenes are a class of terpenes that consist of two isoprene units and have the molecular formula C10H16.
Naphtha
Naphtha is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture.
Natural-gas condensate
Natural-gas condensate, also called natural gas liquids, is a low-density mixture of hydrocarbon liquids that are present as gaseous components in the raw natural gas produced from many natural gas fields.
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Nickel
Nickel is a chemical element; it has symbol Ni and atomic number 28.
Nitroalkene
A nitroalkene, or nitro olefin, is a functional group combining the functionality of its constituent parts, an alkene and nitro group, while displaying its own chemical properties through alkene activation, making the functional group useful in specialty reactions such as the Michael reaction or Diels-Alder additions.
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon in which nuclei in a strong constant magnetic field are perturbed by a weak oscillating magnetic field (in the near field) and respond by producing an electromagnetic signal with a frequency characteristic of the magnetic field at the nucleus.
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Olefin metathesis
In organic chemistry, olefin metathesis is an organic reaction that entails the redistribution of fragments of alkenes (olefins) by the scission and regeneration of carbon-carbon double bonds.
See Alkene and Olefin metathesis
Open-chain compound
In chemistry, an open-chain compound (or open chain compound) or acyclic compound (Greek prefix α 'without' and κύκλος 'cycle') is a compound with a linear structure, rather than a cyclic one.
See Alkene and Open-chain compound
Orbital hybridisation
In chemistry, orbital hybridisation (or hybridization) is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals (with different energies, shapes, etc., than the component atomic orbitals) suitable for the pairing of electrons to form chemical bonds in valence bond theory.
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Organic chemistry
Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.
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Organic compound
Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.
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Organic peroxides
In organic chemistry, organic peroxides are organic compounds containing the peroxide functional group.
See Alkene and Organic peroxides
Organometallic chemistry
Organometallic chemistry is the study of organometallic compounds, chemical compounds containing at least one chemical bond between a carbon atom of an organic molecule and a metal, including alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals, and sometimes broadened to include metalloids like boron, silicon, and selenium, as well.
See Alkene and Organometallic chemistry
Osmium tetroxide
Osmium tetroxide (also osmium(VIII) oxide) is the chemical compound with the formula OsO4.
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Oxymercuration reaction
In organic chemistry, the oxymercuration reaction is an electrophilic addition reaction that transforms an alkene into a neutral alcohol.
See Alkene and Oxymercuration reaction
Ozonolysis
In organic chemistry, ozonolysis is an organic reaction where the unsaturated bonds are cleaved with ozone.
Paclitaxel
Paclitaxel, sold under the brand name Taxol among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat ovarian cancer, esophageal cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma, cervical cancer, and pancreatic cancer.
Parts-per notation
In science and engineering, the parts-per notation is a set of pseudo-units to describe small values of miscellaneous dimensionless quantities, e.g. mole fraction or mass fraction.
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Paternò–Büchi reaction
The Paternò–Büchi reaction, named after Emanuele Paternò and George Büchi, who established its basic utility and form, is a photochemical reaction, specifically a 2+2 photocycloaddition, which forms four-membered oxetane rings from an excited carbonyl and reacting with an alkene.
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Pauson–Khand reaction
The Pauson–Khand (PK) reaction is a chemical reaction, described as a 2+2+1 cycloaddition.
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Pentene
Pentenes (also called Pentylenes) are alkenes with the chemical formula. Alkene and Pentene are alkenes.
Pericyclic reaction
In organic chemistry, a pericyclic reaction is the type of organic reaction wherein the transition state of the molecule has a cyclic geometry, the reaction progresses in a concerted fashion, and the bond orbitals involved in the reaction overlap in a continuous cycle at the transition state.
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Peroxide
In chemistry, peroxides are a group of compounds with the structure, where the R's represent a radical (a portion of a complete molecule; not necessarily a free radical) and O's are single oxygen atoms.
Peroxy acid
A peroxy acid (often spelled as one word, peroxyacid, and sometimes called peracid) is an acid which contains an acidic –OOH group.
Peterson olefination
The Peterson olefination (also called the Peterson reaction) is the chemical reaction of α-silyl carbanions (1 in diagram below) with ketones (or aldehydes) to form a β-hydroxysilane (2) which eliminates to form alkenes (3).
See Alkene and Peterson olefination
Petrochemical industry
Jampilen Petrochemical co., Asaluyeh, Iran The petrochemical industry is concerned with the production and trade of petrochemicals.
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Phenyl group
In organic chemistry, the phenyl group, or phenyl ring, is a cyclic group of atoms with the formula, and is often represented by the symbol Ph (archaically φ).
Phosphite ester
The general structure of a phosphite ester showing the lone pairs on the P In organic chemistry, a phosphite ester or organophosphite usually refers to an organophosphorous compound with the formula P(OR)3.
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Photosensitizer
Photosensitizers are light absorbers that alter the course of a photochemical reaction.
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Pi backbonding
In chemistry, π backbonding is a π-bonding interaction between a filled (or half filled) orbital of a transition metal atom and a vacant orbital on an adjacent ion or molecule.
Pi bond
In chemistry, pi bonds (π bonds) are covalent chemical bonds, in each of which two lobes of an orbital on one atom overlap with two lobes of an orbital on another atom, and in which this overlap occurs laterally.
Picometre
The picometre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI symbol: pm) or picometer (American spelling) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI), equal to, or one trillionth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.
Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78.
Polyene
In organic chemistry, polyenes are poly-unsaturated, organic compounds that contain at least three alternating double and single carbon–carbon bonds.
Polyethylene
Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic.
Polymer
A polymer is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules linked together into chains of repeating subunits.
Polymerization
In polymer chemistry, polymerization (American English), or polymerisation (British English), is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains or three-dimensional networks.
Polyolefin
A polyolefin is a type of polymer with the general formula (CH2CHR)n where R is an alkyl group.
Polypropylene
Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications.
Polystyrene
Polystyrene (PS) is a synthetic polymer made from monomers of the aromatic hydrocarbon styrene.
Polyvinyl chloride
Polyvinyl chloride (alternatively: poly(vinyl chloride), colloquial: vinyl or polyvinyl; abbreviated: PVC) is the world's third-most widely produced synthetic polymer of plastic (after polyethylene and polypropylene).
See Alkene and Polyvinyl chloride
Potassium permanganate
Potassium permanganate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula KMnO4.
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Preferred IUPAC name
In chemical nomenclature, a preferred IUPAC name (PIN) is a unique name, assigned to a chemical substance and preferred among all possible names generated by IUPAC nomenclature.
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Prefix
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word.
Prentice Hall
Prentice Hall was a major American educational publisher.
Prins reaction
The Prins reaction is an organic reaction consisting of an electrophilic addition of an aldehyde or ketone to an alkene or alkyne followed by capture of a nucleophile or elimination of an H+ ion.
Propadiene
Propadiene or allene is the organic compound with the formula.
Propane
Propane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula.
Propylene
Propylene, also known as propene, is an unsaturated organic compound with the chemical formula. Alkene and Propylene are alkenes.
Propyne
Propyne (methylacetylene) is an alkyne with the chemical formula.
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Pure and Applied Chemistry is the official journal for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
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Pyramidal alkene
Pyramidal alkenes are alkenes in which the two carbon atoms making up the double bond are not coplanar with their four substituents. Alkene and Pyramidal alkene are alkenes.
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Radialene
are alicyclic organic compounds containing n cross-conjugated exocyclic double bonds.
Radical initiator
In chemistry, radical initiators are substances that can produce radical species under mild conditions and promote radical reactions.
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Radical substitution
In organic chemistry, a radical-substitution reaction is a substitution reaction involving free radicals as a reactive intermediate.
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Ramberg–Bäcklund reaction
The Ramberg–Bäcklund reaction is an organic reaction converting an α-halo sulfone into an alkene in presence of a base with extrusion of sulfur dioxide.
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Reaction rate
The reaction rate or rate of reaction is the speed at which a chemical reaction takes place, defined as proportional to the increase in the concentration of a product per unit time and to the decrease in the concentration of a reactant per unit time.
Rearrangement reaction
In organic chemistry, a rearrangement reaction is a broad class of organic reactions where the carbon skeleton of a molecule is rearranged to give a structural isomer of the original molecule.
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Sesquiterpene
Sesquiterpenes are a class of terpenes that consist of three isoprene units and often have the molecular formula C15H24.
Shapiro reaction
The Shapiro reaction or tosylhydrazone decomposition is an organic reaction in which a ketone or aldehyde is converted to an alkene through an intermediate hydrazone in the presence of 2 equivalents of organolithium reagent.
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Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation
Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation (also called the Sharpless bishydroxylation) is the chemical reaction of an alkene with osmium tetroxide in the presence of a chiral quinine ligand to form a vicinal diol.
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Shell higher olefin process
The Shell higher olefin process (SHOP) is a chemical process for the production of linear alpha olefins via ethylene oligomerization and olefin metathesis invented and exploited by Royal Dutch Shell.
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Sigma bond
In chemistry, sigma bonds (σ bonds) are the strongest type of covalent chemical bond.
Silicotungstic acid
Silicotungstic acid or tungstosilicic acid is a heteropoly acid with the chemical formula.
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Singlet oxygen
Singlet oxygen, systematically named dioxygen(singlet) and dioxidene, is a gaseous inorganic chemical with the formula O.
Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.
Sodium methoxide
Sodium methoxide is the simplest sodium alkoxide.
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Squalene
Squalene is an organic compound.
State of matter
In physics, a state of matter is one of the distinct forms in which matter can exist.
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Stereoselectivity
In chemistry, stereoselectivity is the property of a chemical reaction in which a single reactant forms an unequal mixture of stereoisomers during a non-stereospecific creation of a new stereocenter or during a non-stereospecific transformation of a pre-existing one.
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Steroid
A steroid is an organic compound with four fused rings (designated A, B, C, and D) arranged in a specific molecular configuration.
Structural isomer
In chemistry, a structural isomer (or constitutional isomer in the IUPAC nomenclature) of a compound is another compound whose molecule has the same number of atoms of each element, but with logically distinct bonds between them.
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Styrene
Styrene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5CH.
Substituent
In organic chemistry, a substituent is one or a group of atoms that replaces (one or more) atoms, thereby becoming a moiety in the resultant (new) molecule.
Sulfone
In organic chemistry, a sulfone is a organosulfur compound containing a sulfonyl functional group attached to two carbon atoms.
Superoxide
In chemistry, a superoxide is a compound that contains the superoxide ion, which has the chemical formula.
Surfactant
Surfactants are chemical compounds that decrease the surface tension or interfacial tension between two liquids, a liquid and a gas, or a liquid and a solid.
Synthetic rubber
A synthetic rubber is an artificial elastomer.
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Takai olefination
Takai olefination in organic chemistry describes the organic reaction of an aldehyde with a diorganochromium compound to form an alkene.
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Taxadiene
Taxadiene (taxa-4,11-diene) is a diterpene.
Tebbe's reagent
Tebbe's reagent is the organometallic compound with the formula (C5H5)2TiCH2ClAl(CH3)2.
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Terminal alkene
In 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 a chemical formula, distinguished by having a double bond at the primary, alpha (α), or 1- position. Alkene and terminal alkene are alkenes.
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Terpene
Terpenes are a class of natural products consisting of compounds with the formula (C5H8)n for n ≥ 2.
Thioketone
In organic chemistry, thioketones (also known as thiones or thiocarbonyls) are organosulfur compounds related to conventional ketones in which the oxygen has been replaced by a sulfur.
Titanium
Titanium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ti and atomic number 22.
Tosyl group
In organic chemistry, a toluenesulfonyl group (tosyl group, abbreviated Ts or TosIn this article, "Ts", unless otherwise stated, means tosyl, not tennessine.) is a univalent functional group with the chemical formula.
Trans-Cyclooctene
trans-Cyclooctene is a cyclic hydrocarbon with the formula, where the two C–C single bonds adjacent to the double bond are on opposite sides of the latter's plane.
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Transition metal alkene complex
In organometallic chemistry, a transition metal alkene complex is a coordination compound containing one or more alkene ligands.
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Triethylaluminium
Triethylaluminium is one of the simplest examples of an organoaluminium compound.
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Triflate
In organic chemistry, triflate (systematic name: trifluoromethanesulfonate), is a functional group with the formula and structure.
Trigonal planar molecular geometry
In chemistry, trigonal planar is a molecular geometry model with one atom at the center and three atoms at the corners of an equilateral triangle, called peripheral atoms, all in one plane.
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Triphenylphosphine
Triphenylphosphine (IUPAC name: triphenylphosphane) is a common organophosphorus compound with the formula P(C6H5)3 and often abbreviated to PPh3 or Ph3P.
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Triphenylphosphine oxide
Triphenylphosphine oxide (often abbreviated TPPO) is the organophosphorus compound with the formula OP(C6H5)3, also written as Ph3PO or PPh3O (Ph.
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Triterpene
Triterpenes are a class of terpenes composed of six isoprene units with the molecular formula C30H48; they may also be thought of as consisting of three terpene units.
Van der Waals strain
Van der Waals strain is strain resulting from Van der Waals repulsion when two substituents in a molecule approach each other with a distance less than the sum of their Van der Waals radii.
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Vicinal (chemistry)
In chemistry the descriptor vicinal (from Latin vicinus.
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Vinyl chloride
Vinyl chloride is an organochloride with the formula H2C.
Vinyl group
In organic chemistry, a vinyl group (abbr. Vi; IUPAC name: ethenyl group) is a functional group with the formula.
VSEPR theory
Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR) theory is a model used in chemistry to predict the geometry of individual molecules from the number of electron pairs surrounding their central atoms.
Wavenumber
In the physical sciences, the wavenumber (or wave number), also known as repetency, is the spatial frequency of a wave, measured in cycles per unit distance (ordinary wavenumber) or radians per unit distance (angular wavenumber).
Wittig reaction
The Wittig reaction or Wittig olefination is a chemical reaction of an aldehyde or ketone with a triphenyl phosphonium ylide called a Wittig reagent.
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Wittig reagents
In organic chemistry, Wittig reagents are organophosphorus compounds of the formula R3P.
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Woodward cis-hydroxylation
The Woodward cis-hydroxylation (also known as the Woodward reaction) is the chemical reaction of alkenes with iodine and silver acetate in wet acetic acid to form cis-diols.
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Xanthate
A xanthate is a salt or ester of a xanthic acid.
Xanthophyll
Xanthophylls (originally phylloxanthins) are yellow pigments that occur widely in nature and form one of two major divisions of the carotenoid group; the other division is formed by the carotenes.
Zaytsev's rule
In organic chemistry, Zaytsev's rule (or Zaitsev's rule, Saytzeff's rule, Saytzev's rule) is an empirical rule for predicting the favored alkene product(s) in elimination reactions.
Zeolite
Zeolite is a family of several microporous, crystalline aluminosilicate materials commonly used as commercial adsorbents and catalysts.
Ziegler–Natta catalyst
A Ziegler–Natta catalyst, named after Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta, is a catalyst used in the synthesis of polymers of 1-alkenes (alpha-olefins).
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1-Butene
1-Butene (IUPAC name: But-1-ene, also known as 1-butylene) is the organic compound with the formula CH3CH2CH. Alkene and 1-Butene are alkenes.
1-Butyne
1-Butyne is an organic compound with the formula.
2-Methyl-2-butene
2-Methyl-2-butene, 2m2b, 2-methylbut-2-ene, also beta-isoamylene is an alkene hydrocarbon with the molecular formula C5H10. Alkene and 2-Methyl-2-butene are alkenes.
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See also
Alkenes
- (Z)-9-Tricosene
- 1-Butene
- 1-Dodecene
- 1-Hexadecene
- 1-Hexene
- 1-Nonene
- 1-Octadecene
- 1-Octene
- 2,3-Dimethyl-1-butene
- 2-Methyl-2-butene
- 4-Methyl-1-pentene
- Alkene
- Allene oxide
- Allenes
- But-2-ene
- Butene
- Decene
- Dienes
- Dihydroxylation
- Dimethylbutene
- Enyne
- Ethylene
- Evelyn effect
- Heptene
- Hexene
- Hydrovinylation
- Isobutylene
- Methylidenecarbene
- Methylpentene
- Mukaiyama hydration
- Neohexene
- Nonene
- Octene
- Pentene
- Polyenes
- Polymethine
- Polyolefins
- Propylene
- Pyramidal alkene
- Steam cracking
- Straight-chain terminal alkene
- Terminal alkene
- Tetra-tert-butylethylene
- Tetramethylethylene
- Tetravinylmethane
- Thiol-ene reaction
- Tripropylene
- Vinylene group
References
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