Reactions of alkenes
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What makes alkenes special?

What makes alkenes special?

Reaction scheme showing ethene reacting by addition with hydrogen to form ethane, with steam to form ethanol, and with bromine to form 1,2-dibromoethane, with the C=C double bond labelled as the reactive part

Alkenes are hydrocarbons that contain a carbon-carbon double bond, C=CC=CC=C. This double bond is the functional group, so it is the part of the molecule that controls the reactions of alkenes.

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