octenen.
/ˈɒktiːn/, U.S. /ˈɑkˌtɪn/ Chemistry.
Any of a series of liquid alkenes with the formula C8H16; esp. (also 1-octene) the isomer CH2=CH(CH2)5CH3. Also called octylene.
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1868 H. B. Jones & H. Watts Fownes' Man. Elem. Chem. (ed. 10) 542 Octyl chloride... Heated with alcoholic potash, it yields octene, C8H16.
1933 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 55 3430 The dehydration of octanol-1 involves a rearrangement and the product is a mixture of octene-1 and octene-2 in the ratio 2:1 approximately.
1958 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 244 301 There was no significant difference..in the reactivity of 1-heptene and 1-octene towards addition.
1989 Encycl. Brit. II. 681/3 This is done..by dimerizing..butenes to form octenes, which, on hydrogenation.., yield octanes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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