Bisalkene

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any compound, especially a symmetric dimer, containing two alkene groups

    "Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich In the case of cavity bisalkene 75, a single isomer was obtained with two equivalents of isobenzofuran 72, each reacting stereospecifically with a cyclobutene-1,2-diester group to produce the symmetrical product 76."

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"Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich In the case of cavity bisalkene 75, a single isomer was obtained with two equivalents of isobenzofuran 72, each reacting stereospecifically with a cyclobutene-1,2-diester group to produce the symmetrical product 76."

Etymology

From bis- + alkene.

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