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Definition of Polyenes
1. polyene [n] - See also: polyene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyenes
Literary usage of Polyenes
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)
"There exists a large body of compelling experimental evidence in the literature
that additions of carbenes to dienes and polyenes occur strictly in a 1,2 ..."
2. Dictionary of Dates, and Universal Reference, Relating to All Ages and by Joseph Haydn (1851)
"A martial instrument whose invention is ascribed to Bacchus, who, according to
polyenes, " gave lus signals of battle with cymbals and drums. ..."