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Hexaene vs Hexene - What's the difference?

hexaene | hexene |

As nouns the difference between hexaene and hexene

is that hexaene is any alkene having six double bonds while hexene is any of several isomers of the alkene having six carbon atoms and one double bond.

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.

    • hexene

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hexene) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) Any of several isomers of the alkene having six carbon atoms and one double bond