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Olefin vs Metathesis - What's the difference?

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In organic chemistry terms the difference between olefin and metathesis

is that olefin is any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond while metathesis is the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped.

olefin

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.

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    metathesis

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    (wikipedia metathesis)

    Noun

    (metatheses)
  • (prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/
  • (inorganic chemistry) the double decomposition of inorganic salts
  • (organic chemistry) the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped

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    * metathetic * metathesize

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    * spoonerism

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