docosadiene

English

Noun

docosadiene

1. A diene with a 22-carbon chain and two double bonds.
   • 1980, Wolfgang Helfrich, ‎Gerd Heppke, Liquid Crystals of One- and Two-Dimensional Order, page 304:

     We therefore synthesized bis-trimethylammonium-docasane dirbromide from docosadiene to obtain at least eight to ten straight chain segments assuming the molecule would fold in aqueous solution.

   • 2018, Serban C. Moldoveanu, Pyrolysis of Organic Molecules, page 69:

     The main peak in the window is docosene eluting at 66.17min with two satellite peaks, docosane (eluting at 65.85min) and 1,21-docosadiene (eluting at 66.43min).

Usage notes

Typically, this term is preceded by two numbers, indicating the positions of the double bonds in the carbon chain, such as "1,21-docosadiene".

Derived terms

• docosadienoic