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hexaene

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any alkene having six double bonds

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

Examples

  • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich FVP of bisalkene 77 was also conducted, and produced the cyclic hexaene 83.

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History

Etymology

From hexa- + -ene.