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Definition of Alkenes
1. alkene [n] - See also: alkene
Medical Definition of Alkenes
1. Unsaturated hydrocarbons of the type cn-h2n, indicated by the suffix -ene. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkenes
Literary usage of Alkenes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The yields of alkanes are diminished and alkenes and esters are more ... Lastly,
alkenes are prone to further oxidation by these cationic (37) (a) L. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Session on Tropical Forestry for People of the Pacific edited by C. Eugene Conrad, Leonard A. Newell (1994)
"N. intermedius predominantly makes long- chain alkenes with one or two double
bonds (C372 through C41.,), including a homologous series of alkenes with an ..."
3. Danish Arctic Expeditions, 1605 to 1620: In Two Books by Christian Carl August Gosch, James Hall, John Gatonbe, William Baffin, Jens Munk (1897)
"On Munk's map, alkenes is not drawn as projecting so far towards the east—almost
cutting off Ungava Bay from the Strait—as it ought to have been if ..."
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