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Alkene vs Dipolarophile - What's the difference?

alkene | dipolarophile |

In organic chemistry terms the difference between alkene and dipolarophile

is that alkene is an unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds while dipolarophile is any compound (most often alkenes) that react with 1,3-dipoles in a cycloaddition reaction.

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

    dipolarophile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any compound (most often alkenes) that react with 1,3-dipoles in a cycloaddition reaction

    • See also

    * on Wikipedia