Word.ws English Dictionary

diphenylalkene

diphenylalkene noun: an organic compound consisting of an alkene (a hydrocarbon with a carbon-carbon double bond) where two phenyl groups (-C₆H₅) are attached to the alkene's carbon atoms. The general formula for a diphenylalkene is C₆H₅-CH=CH-C₆H₅, where two benzene (phenyl) rings are bonded to an alkene backbone.

Noun

diphenylalkene (plural diphenylalkenes)

  1. An organic compound consisting of an alkene (a hydrocarbon with a carbon-carbon double bond) where two phenyl groups (-C₆H₅) are attached to the alkene's carbon atoms. The general formula for a diphenylalkene is C₆H₅-CH=CH-C₆H₅, where two benzene (phenyl) rings are bonded to an alkene backbone.
    • This result serves to show the spectral indicator property of this diphenylalkene, demonstrating the strongly acid character of the silica-alumina surface.1965, D. D. Eley, Herman Pines, Paul B. Weisz, editors, Advances in Catalysis, volume 15, Academic Press, page 265

Forms of diphenylalkene

pluraldiphenylalkenes

Questions about diphenylalkene

What does diphenylalkene mean?
Diphenylalkene means an organic compound consisting of an alkene (a hydrocarbon with a carbon-carbon double bond) where two phenyl groups (-C₆H₅) are attached to the alkene's carbon atoms. The general formula for a diphenylalkene is C₆H₅-CH=CH-C₆H₅, where two benzene (phenyl) rings are bonded to an alkene backbone.
What part of speech is diphenylalkene?
Diphenylalkene is a noun.
What is the plural of diphenylalkene?
The plural of diphenylalkene is diphenylalkenes.

Words near diphenylalkene in the dictionary

  1. diphenylacetyl
  2. diphenylacetylene
  3. diphenylacetylenes
  4. diphenylacetyls
  5. diphenylalanine
  6. diphenylalkene
  7. diphenylalkenes
  8. diphenylallyl
  9. diphenylallyls
  10. diphenylamide
  11. diphenylamides

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: diphenylalkene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “diphenylalkene.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/diphenylalkene. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.