A hydrocarbon compound with ten carbon atoms; another name for decane or an isomer of decene.
From deca- (ten) plus -ene (unsaturated hydrocarbon). Sometimes used as a variant or descriptor for ten-carbon hydrocarbons, though 'decane' is the standard saturated form.
Chemical naming can get confusing because decane, decene, and decener all have ten carbons but different numbers of bonds—it's why IUPAC created strict naming rules so chemists worldwide speak the same molecular language.
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