noun
- a hydrocarbon compound containing at least one carbon-carbon double bond
Usage: chemistry
Examples
- Ethene is the simplest alkene with the formula C2H4.
- Alkenes are unsaturated hydrocarbons due to their double bonds.
- The alkene underwent an addition reaction with hydrogen gas.
- Propene is an important alkene used in plastic production.
- Students learned to identify alkenes by their characteristic double bonds.
- The laboratory synthesized various alkenes for organic chemistry experiments.