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The alkenes are straight-chain hydrocarbons
with one double bond per molecule
Alkenes, CnH2n
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| ethene
| C2H4
| CH2=CH2
| propene
| C3H6
| CH2=CHCH3
| but-1-ene
| C4H8
| CH2=CHCH2CH3
| pent-1-ene
| C5H10
| CH2=CHCH2CH2CH3
| hex-1-ene
| C6H12
| CH2=CHCH2CH2CH2CH3
| hept-1-ene
| C7H14
| CH2=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH3
| oct-1-ene
| C8H16
| CH2=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3
| non-1-ene
| C9H18
| CH2=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3
| dec-1-ene
| C10H20
| CH2=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3
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Sometimes long chain formulas are abbreviated
e.g. CH2=CHCH2CH2CH2CH2CH2CH3 may be written CH2=CH(CH2)5CH3

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