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n. - Any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon.

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Usage examples (4)
  • In elimination, two groups on adjacent carbon atoms are lost and an olefine (alkene) is formed.
  • There are three kinds of petroleum in use, namely those yielding on distillation: 1st, paraffin; 2nd, asphalt; 3rd, olefine.
  • For this reason a larger quantity of KOH is necessary for a given reaction (formation of olefine from alkyl bromide) than in case of the iodine compound.
  • The tendency to undergo oxidation to carbon dioxide on the part of carbon monoxide, and the absence of such tendency on the part of the defines when exposed to oxidizing...
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