noun
definition
An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds
Examples of alkene in a Sentence
Know that alkanes can be cracked into smaller alkanes and an alkene.
In each case, the alkene has a boiling point which is a small number of degrees lower than the corresponding alkane.
This page guides you through the mechanism for the acid catalyzed dehydration of a simple alcohol like ethanol to give an alkene like ethene.
So for an non-symmetrical alkene like propene, you would expect the majority reaction to be.. .
One version is simplified to bring it into line with the other alkene electrophilic addition mechanisms.
Understand that the variety of possible small alkene monomer molecules leads to a variety of different polymers with differing properties.