Alkenes

• Other Authors: Davarnejad, Reza (Editor), Sajjadi, Baharak (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2018
• Subjects: Organometallic chemistry; oxygen, heterogeneous catalysis, hydrogen peroxide, molybdenum, reaction mechanism, heterogeneous catalyst
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In organic chemistry, Alkenes, also known as olefins, are the unsaturated hydrocarbons with the general formula of CnH2n that contains one or more carbon-carbon double bonds in their chemical structures (RC=CR'). The presence of this double bond allows alkenes to react in ways that alkanes cann...