Photos © Michael Davidson and The Florida State University These photos show the 60-carbon alkene buckminsterfullerene ("buckyballs"). This substance joins graphite ...
Complete combustion of alkenes produces carbon dioxide and water, provided there is a plentiful supply of oxygen. Incomplete combustion of alkenes occurs where oxygen is limited and produces water ...
"1-alkenes can directly be used as biofuels," he adds. The team found that their biocatalyst could convert a wide range of fatty acids containing different types of carbon chains to 1-alkene.
(B) This is the structure of oleic acid, an 18-carbon unsaturated fat. The carbons of the alkene functional group, the site of unsaturation, are in the rounded rectangle. Since there is only one ...
A major advance in alkene oligomerization catalysis was Brookhart’s 1995 report of highly active group 10 metal diimine systems. In contrast to nickel and palladium catalysts, the corresponding ...
They have the same number of each type of atom. They can be part of the same or different homologous series, e.g. alkenes and cycloalkanes can be isomers. Due to their different structures their ...