Friday, 6 February 2015

Alkenes - isomerism and nomenclature

If a compound has a C=C bond, it contains the alkene functional group. Alkenes have a few different properties and reactions to alkanes because of the double bond (which is unable to rotate). Because atoms/groups can be added to the carbons in the double bond without first having to remove other atoms/groups, we call alkenes unsaturated hydrocarbons.




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