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    hydrocarbon: Alkenes and alkynes
    Alkenes (also called olefins) and alkynes (also called acetylenes) belong to the class of unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Alkenes are hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-carbon double bond, whereas alkynes have a carbon-carbon triple bond. Alkenes are characterized by the general molecular formula C nH 2n, alkynes by C nH 2n...

  • functional group properties

    chemical compound: Alkynes
    Molecules that contain a triple bond between two carbon atoms are known as alkynes. The triple bond is made up of one σ bond and two π bonds. As in alkenes, the π bonds constitute regions of increased electron density lying parallel to the carbon-carbon bond axis. Carbon-carbon triple bonds are very strong bonds, but reactions do occur that break the π bonds to form stronger...

  • hydrocarbons

    hydrocarbon
    ...are divided into three main groups according to the types of bonds they contain: alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. Alkanes have only single bonds, alkenes contain a carbon-carbon double bond, and alkynes contain a carbon-carbon triple bond. Aromatic hydrocarbons are those that are significantly more stable than their Lewis structures would suggest; i.e., they possess “special...

  • organometallic compounds

    organometallic compound: Alkylidene ligands
    The reactions of Fischer carbene complexes with alkynes has considerable utility in organic synthesis. For example, naphthyl compounds (i.e., those derived from the fused ring system C 10H 8) can be synthesized by the reaction of methoxy phenyl Fischer carbenes with an alkyne.
    organometallic compound: Alkene and alkyne ligands
    An alkene ligand contains a π bond between carbon atoms, C=C, which can serve as an electron pair donor in a metal complex, as in the case of Zeise’s salt. This complex may be prepared by bubbling ethylene, C 2H 4, through an aqueous solution of [PtCl 4] 2− in the...

  • relationship to addition reaction

    addition reaction
    Addition reactions are typical of unsaturated organic compounds— i.e., alkenes, which contain a carbon-to-carbon double bond, and alkynes, which have a carbon-to-carbon triple bond—and aldehydes and ketones, which have a carbon-to-oxygen double bond. An addition reaction may be visualized as a process by which the double or triple bonds are fully or partially broken in order...

  • vinylic halides

    organohalogen compound: Addition of a hydrogen halide to an alkyne
    When a hydrogen halide adds to the carbon-carbon triple bond of an alkyne, addition of the first molecule is faster than the second, and a vinylic halide can be isolated.
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