Definition of Diene

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double bonds. ¹

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Definition of Diene

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diene

dielectrophoretic
dieless
dielytra
dielytras
diemaker
diemakers
dienamine
dienamines
diencephala
diencephalic
diencephalic epilepsy
diencephalic syndrome of infancy
diencephalohypophysial
diencephalon
diencephalons
diene (current term)
dienedioate
dienerite
dienes
dienestrol
dienitol
dienitols
dienoate
dienofuge
dienoic acid
dienol
dienolate
dienone
dienones
dienophile

Literary usage of Diene

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)
"With short-chain olefins, the bond between the conjugated diene and the metal atom is not labile, but with long-chain olefins this bond is weakened by the ..."

2. A History of the Life of Edward the Black Prince: And of Various Events by George Payne Rainsford James (1836)
"He says that a. seal bearing two ostrich feathers, with " ich diene" thereunto attached, is affixed to the grant of La Roche sur Yonne made by Edward the ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Singlet molecular oxygen ('Д,) produced by the microwave discharge of ground state oxygen in a flow system was passed over a film of cis-polybuta- diene. ..."

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