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- noun organic chemistry An
organic compound , especially ahydrocarbon , containing twodouble bonds .
Etymologies
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The first syllable of diene is the Greek word for "two", and refers to the two double bonds.
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In case there is some confusion, a diene is a molecule with two double bonds.
The Unreasonable Man 2009
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In case there is some confusion, a diene is a molecule with two double bonds.
The Unreasonable Man 2009
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In case there is some confusion, a diene is a molecule with two double bonds.
The Unreasonable Man 2009
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In case there is some confusion, a diene is a molecule with two double bonds.
The Unreasonable Man 2009
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In case there is some confusion, a diene is a molecule with two double bonds.
The Unreasonable Man 2009
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Cologne "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis", also called the Diels-Alder reaction.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: The Development of Modern Chemistry 2010
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Two types are present, a crystalline (clear) form and a white, opaque form with pigmentation resulting from a diene rubber.
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These liners are 45 mil EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer), a synethetic rubber, and are formulated to be fish-safe.
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Diels and Kurt Alder shared the Nobel Prize for discovering the preparatively very useful diene synthesis.
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