diene

[ dahy-een, dahy-een ]

/ ˈdaɪ in, daɪˈin /

noun Chemistry.

any compound, as 1,3-butadiene, CH2=CH−CH=CH2, that contains two double bonds.

Nearby words

diels, diels-alder reaction, dien bien phu, dienbienphu, diencephalon, diene, dientamoeba fragilis, dieppe, dieresis, dieretic, dies

Origin of diene

First recorded in 1915–20; di-¹ + -ene

Also called diolefin.

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British Dictionary definitions for diene

diene

/ (ˈdaɪiːn) /

noun

chem a hydrocarbon that contains two carbon-to-carbon double bonds in its molecules

Word Origin for diene

from di- 1 + -ene

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