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alleleallo- in amino-acid nomenclature
allenes
Hydrocarbons (and by extension, derivatives formed by substitution) having two double bonds from one carbon atom to two others R2C=C=CR2. (The simplest member, propadiene, is known as allene).
See also: cumulenes, dienes
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307 (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1314
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