noun
- An organic compound containing two carbon-carbon double bonds.
Usage: chemistry; commonly used in organic chemistry and polymer science
Examples
- Butadiene is a common diene used in the production of synthetic rubber.
- The diene reacted with the dienophile in a Diels-Alder reaction.
- Conjugated dienes have alternating single and double bonds.
- The polymer was synthesized from a diene monomer.
- Isoprene is a naturally occurring diene found in rubber plants.