Olefins

• Details
• Tagged entities

Properties

Alt label

• Alkenes

SES ID

• 13927
• 422300

Notation

• 13927

In scheme

• Subject

Broader

• Fossil fuels

Narrower

• Butadiene
• Butylene
• Ethylene
• Propylene

Definition

• Unsaturated hydrocarbon that contains at least one carbon–carbon double bond. The words alkene and olefin are often used interchangeably.