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Alkene vs Hexaene - What's the difference?

alkene | hexaene |

As nouns the difference between alkene and hexaene

is that alkene is while hexaene is (organic chemistry) any alkene having six double bonds.

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

    hexaene

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any alkene having six double bonds
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • ::FVP of bisalkene 77 was also conducted, and produced the cyclic hexaene 83.