A hydrocarbon compound with six carbon atoms and one triple bond between two of the carbons, making it an alkyne.
From hex- (six) + -yne (a suffix indicating an alkyne or triple bond), directly describing a six-carbon compound with triple-bonded carbons.
Hexynes are more reactive than their double-bond cousins (hexenes) because that triple bond is like a tightly coiled spring ready to snap—this makes them super useful as starting materials for building more complex molecules.
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