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Etymology

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From bis- +‎ alkene.

Noun

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bisalkene (plural bisalkenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) 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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