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The 66 pages that link to Alkene, each with the reason it gives.

• Carbonyl groupCompared with: Unlike a carbonyl, an alkene double bond is usually much less polarized.

• HydrogenationBroader topic: Adding hydrogen across this bond converts an alkene into an alkane.

• AlkaneCompared with: An alkene's carbon–carbon double bond distinguishes it from a saturated alkane.

• Conjugated systemBroader topic: An alkene supplies a π bond that can join a conjugated sequence.

• Cis–trans isomerismRelated: A double bond can prevent rotation and support cis–trans arrangements.

• HydrocarbonBroader topic: A carbon–carbon double bond gives this family characteristic reactions.

• Electrophilic additionNarrower topic: Its electron-rich pi bond is the usual site of electrophilic attack.

• AlkyneCompared with: Comparing double and triple bonds clarifies differences in geometry and addition chemistry.

• EthyleneNarrower topic: Ethylene is the simplest member of this family of compounds.

• IsopreneNarrower topic: Isoprene is an alkene with two conjugated double bonds.

• Dehydration reactionBroader topic: Alkenes are common products when an alcohol loses water by elimination.

• Carbon–carbon bondBroader topic: Alkenes show how a carbon–carbon double bond changes reactivity and shape.

• CycloalkaneCompared with: A monocyclic cycloalkane can share an alkene's formula but has a ring instead of a double bond.

• Elimination reactionBroader topic: Alkenes are the usual products when elimination removes groups from adjacent saturated carbons.

• Geometric isomerismRelated: The double bond’s restricted rotation commonly produces geometric isomers.

• Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rulesRelated: Its restricted rotation can create geometric stereoisomers labeled with E/Z descriptors.

• E–Z notationNarrower topic: E–Z notation applies to the geometry around an alkene double bond.

• E2 reactionBroader topic: The alkene is the defining product of the elimination step.

• PropyleneNarrower topic: Propylene belongs to this family because it contains one carbon–carbon double bond.

• EnolRelated: An enol combines an alkene-like bond with a hydroxyl substituent on one alkene carbon.

• EtheneNarrower topic: Ethene is the simplest member of this hydrocarbon family.

• HydroformylationNarrower topic: Alkenes supply the carbon skeleton that hydroformylation extends.

• Addition polymerizationNarrower topic: Many addition-polymerization monomers are alkenes whose double bonds open during chain growth.

• CycloadditionRelated: Alkenes commonly supply a two-atom unit in cycloaddition reactions.

• EpoxideRelated: Alkenes are common starting materials for epoxide synthesis by epoxidation.

• Hydration reactionNarrower topic: Alkenes are common substrates for hydration across a carbon–carbon double bond.

• E1 reactionRelated: Alkenes are the products formed when a base removes a beta proton from the E1 intermediate.

• Markovnikov's ruleNarrower topic: Unsymmetrical alkenes provide the two nonequivalent positions whose reaction orientation the rule predicts.

• OzonolysisNarrower topic: Alkenes are the characteristic substrates whose double bonds ozonolysis cleaves.

• AcrylonitrileNarrower topic: Acrylonitrile’s alkene bond is the site of addition polymerization.

• Cationic polymerizationNarrower topic: Electron-rich alkenes are common monomers because a cation can add across their double bond.

• Hofmann eliminationNarrower topic: It is the carbon framework product formed by the elimination.

• Homologous seriesBroader topic: The alkenes form a series with a shared double bond and successive members differing by CH₂.

• sp² hybridizationNarrower topic: The carbon atoms at an alkene double bond are commonly sp²-hybridized.

• BrominationNarrower topic: The electron-rich double bond makes alkenes common substrates for bromine addition.

• Wittig reactionNarrower topic: This is the product class formed by the reaction.

• Acrylic acidNarrower topic: Acrylic acid’s alkene enables addition reactions and chain-growth polymerization.

• Carbonyl compoundCompared with: Unlike an alkene's C=C bond, the defining double bond here joins carbon and oxygen.

• CyclohexeneNarrower topic: Cyclohexene is a cyclic member of this broader class.

• Fumaric acidNarrower topic: Fumaric acid’s double bond permits geometric isomerism and addition reactions.

• Addition reactionNarrower topic: Alkenes are the standard substrates for additions across a carbon–carbon π bond.

• Double bondBroader topic: Alkenes are the most familiar family of compounds defined by a double bond.

• Methyl methacrylateNarrower topic: The monomer's alkene bond is the site of chain-growth polymerization.

• Saturated compoundCompared with: Its defining double bond makes its carbon framework unsaturated.

• Wacker processNarrower topic: Ethylene belongs to this family of substrates for palladium-catalyzed oxidation.

• CyclopentadieneNarrower topic: Cyclopentadiene contains two alkene units joined in a conjugated ring.

• Aliphatic compoundBroader topic: Alkenes show how a chain remains aliphatic while becoming unsaturated.

• Cinnamic acidNarrower topic: Cinnamic acid’s chain contains a double bond that permits E and Z forms.

• Degree of unsaturationBroader topic: Each carbon–carbon double bond accounts for one degree of unsaturation.

• HaloalkaneCompared with: Elimination from haloalkanes often produces alkenes, which have different bonding and reactions.