An organic chemical compound with six carbon atoms and one double bond between two of them.
From Greek 'hex' (six) + '-ene' (chemical suffix for compounds with double bonds). The '-ene' ending specifically indicates the presence of a carbon-carbon double bond in the molecule.
Hexene is used to make everything from plastic bags to cosmetics, and different arrangements of the same six carbons create different hexenes—chemists have to precisely track which carbon atoms are bonded how.
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