Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Cyclohex
ene
:
A
cyclic
hydrocarbon
of
molecular formula
C
6
H
10
, containing an
internal
,
disubstituted
alkene
. '
Cyclohex
ene
' usually refers to the more common
Z
(
cis
)
alkene
isomer
; the
E
(
trans
)
alkene
isomer
has significant
ring strain
and is therefore rarely encountered.
Molecular Structure
of
Cyclohex
ene
Lewis structure
Ball and spoke
Space-filling model
Related terms:
Aliphatic
,
terminal alkene
,
monosubstituted alkene
,
trisubstituted alkene
,
tetrasubstituted alkene
,
cyclohexane
,
cyclohexanone
,
cyclohexanol
,
benzene
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