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🧪 With double bonds 💊 A chemical compound
polyene

polyene

9.1
Having several double bonds between carbon atoms
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɒliˌiːn/
  • Specialized
translation icon : polieno
  • The chemist synthesized a polyene compound for use in the new experiment.

Examples

  • Researchers examined the optical properties of a newly synthesized polyene film under ultraviolet light.

  • The polyene compounds in the study showed remarkable stability.

  • Certain antibiotics are classified as polyene because of their chemical structure.

  • Can you explain what a polyene is?

  • Researchers examined a newly created polyene to understand its chemical properties.

  • In organic chemistry, a polyene features multiple carbon–carbon double bonds in its structure.

  • The new polyene compound demonstrated enhanced reactivity in the experiment.

How Unsaturated

polyene
  • Specialized
9.1
diene
  • Specialized
9.9
alkene
  • Specialized
7.2
alkane
  • Specialized
6.7

Surface Forms

polyene positive

Morphology

polyene = poly + ene

The term is built from the technical combining form poly- and the chemistry element ene, so the meaning is compositional for specialists but still specialized vocabulary.

Etymology

Polyene comes from poly- meaning 'many' and the chemical ending -ene meaning 'double bond'. So polyene describes a molecule that has many double bonds.