An alkene, or olefine, in organic chemistry is an unsaturated hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon to carbon double bond. The simplest alkenes, with only one double bond, form a homologous series with general formula CnH2n.
The simplest alkene is ethylene (C2H4), which has the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) name ethene. Alkenes are also called olefins (an archaic synonym, widely used in the petrochemical industry) or vinyl compounds.
Shape of alkenes
As predicted by the VSEPR model of electron pair replusion, the molecular geometry of alkenes includes bond angles about each carbon in a double bond of about 120°. The angle may vary because of steric strain introduced by nonbonded interactions created by functional groups attached to the carbons of the double bond. For example, the C-C-C bond angle in propylene is 123.9°. The alkene double bond is stronger than a single covalent bond and also shorter with an average bond length of 133 picometres.
Molecular geometry
Like single covalent bonds, double bonds can be described in terms of overlapping atomic orbitals, except that unlike a single bond (which consists of a single sigma bond), a carbon-carbon double bond consists of one sigma bond and one pi bond.
Each carbon of the double bond uses its three sp2 hybrid orbitals to form sigma bonds to three atoms. The unhybridized 2p atomic orbitals, which lie perpendicular to the plane created by the axes of the three sp2 hybrid orbitals, combine to form the pi bond.
cis-2-Butylene
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cis-2-Butylene
trans-2-Butylene
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trans-2-Butylene
Because it requires a large amount of energy to break a pi bond (264 kJ/mol in ethylene), rotation about the carbon-carbon double bond is very difficult and therefore severely restricted. As a consequence substituted alkenes may exist as one of two isomers called a cis isomer and a trans isomer. For example, in cis-2-butylene the two methyl substituents face the same side of the double bond and in trans-2-butylene they face the opposite side.
It is certainly not impossible to twist a double bond. In fact, a 90° twist requires an energy approximately equal to half the strength of a pi bond. The misalignment of the p orbitals is less than expected because pyridalization takes place. trans-Cyclooctene is a stable strained alkene and the orbital misalignment is only 19° with a dihedral angle of 137° (normal 120°) and a degree of pyramidalization of 18°. This explains the dipole moment of 0.8 D for this compound (cis-isomer 0.4 D) where a value of zero is expected.[1] The trans isomer of cycloheptene is only stable at low temperatures.
2006-06-15 07:41:31
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answered by ai_nacco_2000 5
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2016-03-27 04:46:40
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answered by Anonymous
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isobutene (2-methylpropene). This is the closest I can get.
Please notice alkenes react with water only in ACIDIC condition. In propene, #1 carbon gains a H+ to give a secondary carbocation (charge on #2 carbon, more stable), then water attacks the carbocation as a nucleophilie. The product is a secondary alcohol, 2-propanol.
2-methylpropene reacts with water in acidic condition with a similar manner. #1 carbon gains a H+ but the charge relocate onto the tertiary carbon to give a stable tertiary carbocation, then followed by nucleophilie attack. The product here is 2-methyl-2-propanol.
2-methylpropene reacts more rapidly than propene, since the intermediate in 2-methylpropene reaction, which is a tertiary carbocation, is more kinetically stable
2006-06-15 07:54:14
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answered by nickyTheKnight 3
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nickythenight is correct.
Also, 2-butene would react the same way, if you consider "the same way" to be the formation of a secondary carbocation. It would react to form 2-butanol.
2006-06-15 10:23:37
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answered by niuchemist 6
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alkene, or olefine
2006-06-15 07:44:54
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answered by lone 2
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1,2-BUTYLENE OXIDE
2006-06-15 07:47:47
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answered by georgeiq 2
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