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Diene vs Retrodiene - What's the difference?

diene | retrodiene |

In organic chemistry terms the difference between diene and retrodiene

is that diene is an organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double bonds while retrodiene is used attributively to describe the removal of a previously added diene moiety from a molecule.

diene

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double bonds.

    • See also

    * conjugated

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    retrodiene

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic chemistry) used attributively to describe the removal of a previously added diene moiety from a molecule
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • ::Since reaction occurs specifically at the cyclobutene ?-bond, the opportunity to effect a retrodiene loss of cyclopentadiene becomes an option.

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