olefins

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.O04281
Acyclic and cyclic @[email protected] having one or more carbon–carbon double bonds, apart from the formal ones in @[email protected] compounds. The class olefins subsumes @[email protected] and cycloalkenes and the corresponding polyenes.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1353 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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