ALKENE

MEANING OF ALKENE
Hydrocarbon that general formula CnH2n with n=1,2,3. Hydrogen is twice the number of carbon atoms. Has double covalent bond An unsaturated hydrocarbon because it has a double covalent bond and do not have the maximum number of hydrogen atoms possible

NOMENCLATURE AND FORMULAE OF ALKENES

MOLECULAR FORMULA

NO OF CARBON ATOMS

PREFIX

SUFFIX

NAME OF ALKANE

C2H4

Eth

ene

Ethene

C3H6
C4H8 C5H10 C6H12 C7H14

3
4 5 6 7

Prop
But Pent Hex Hept

ene
ene ene ene ene

Propene
Butene Pentene Hexene Heptene

C8H16
C9H18 C19H20

8
9 10

Oct
Non Dec

ene
ene ene

Octene
Nonene Decene

 Methene do not exist because an alkene needs at least two carbon atoms to form a double bond covalent bond, which is the functional group of alkene. Each carbon atom must share 4 covalent bonds with other carbon atoms or with hydrogen atoms. Each hydrogen atoms must form 1 covalent bond. A double bond is present to indicate that it is an alkene.

Systematic method is used to name an alkene in a complex

The position of the double covalent bond is indicated by a number in front of ene.

The carbon in the long chain is numbered, starting from the carbon nearest to thr double covalent bond.