Definition of Hexene

1. n. Same as Hexylene.

Definition of Hexene

1. Noun. (organic compound) Any of several isomers of the alkene having six carbon atoms and one double bond ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hexene

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hexene

1. Same as Hexylene. Origin: Gr. Six. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hexene

hexatriene
hexatrienes
hexavalent
hexaxial reference system
hexazine
hexazinone
hexazonium salts
hexcellent
hexdecyl
hexdecylic
hexecontahedra
hexecontahedron
hexed
hexeikosane
hexenbesen
hexene (current term)
hexenes
hexenoic
hexenoic acid
hexenose
hexenoses
hexenyl
hexer
hexeract
hexeracts
hexerei
hexereis
hexers
hexes
hexestrol

Literary usage of Hexene

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fownes Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical: A New American from by George Fownes (1885)
"Normal hexene glycol ... from hexene bromide (obtained from mannite, or from the hexyl chloride of American petroleum), has a specific gravity of 0.967 at ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"3-Hexanone and fru«j-3-hexene were purchased from JT Baker Chemical Company and 2-butanone was ... Chlorination of the resulting ci'j-3-hexene followed by ..."

3. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter (1899)
"is produced in the condensation 3,5,5-Trimethyl-<X,-keto-R-hexene, ... 3-Methyl-5-isobutyl- and 3-methyl-5-hexyl-A2-keto-R-hexene boil at 147° and at 167° ..."

4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"CO 3-Methyl A.. keto-R-hexene, lx>iling at 200°, is a mobile liquid with an ... 3-Methyl-5 isobutyl- and 3-methyl-5-hexyl-A,-keto-R-hexene boil at 147° and ..."

5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1893)
"Taking the percentage of Cl combining at 7'5 and multiplying by in, we obtain 8 as the approximate percentage of the kelo-R- hexene derivative. ..."

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