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Alkene vs Alkynes - What's the difference?

alkene | alkynes |

As nouns the difference between alkene and alkynes

is that alkene is an unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds while alkynes is plural of alkyne.

alkene

English

(wikipedia alkene)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.

    • See also

    * alkyne * ethylene

    alkynes

    English

    Noun

    (head)