Organic Chemical
alkynes
al·kynes
Subclass of:
Hydrocarbons, Acyclic
Definitions related to alkynes:
  • Unsaturated hydrocarbon containing a triple bond between two carbon atoms; the alkynes are members of the acetylene series.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Hydrocarbons with at least one triple bond in the linear portion, of the general formula Cn-H2n-2.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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