{"id":923,"date":"2017-10-19T15:18:20","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T15:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=923"},"modified":"2018-10-03T18:23:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T18:23:46","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/chapter\/introduction\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction","rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"elm-header\"><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"elm-main-content\" class=\"elm-content-container\">\r\n<div id=\"mt-toc-container\" class=\"bc-aside aside\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objective<\/h3>\r\n<div>\r\n<div id=\"skills\">\r\n\r\nAfter completing this section, you should be able to give an example of a naturally occurring compound that contains at least one double bond.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3 class=\"boxtitle\">Key Term<\/h3>\r\nMake certain that you can define, and use in context, the key term below.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>olefin<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"note\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n<h3 class=\"boxtitle\">Study Notes<\/h3>\r\nAlkenes are a class of <a title=\"Organic Chemistry\/Hydrocarbons\" href=\"https:\/\/chem.libretexts.org\/Core\/Organic_Chemistry\/Hydrocarbons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"internal noopener\">hydrocarbons <\/a>(i.e., containing only carbon and hydrogen). They are unsaturated compounds with at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond. The double bond makes Alkenes more reactive than alkanes. Olefin is another term used to describe alkenes.\r\n\r\nThe graphic (structure 7-0) shows three alkenes. The more complex alkene is commonly known as 1-methene, but its full proper IUPAC name is 1-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-cyclohexene.<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/chem.libretexts.org\/@api\/deki\/files\/85525\/7-0.png?origin=mt-web\" alt=\"three sample alkene structures\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"section_1\">\r\n<h3 class=\"editable\">Contributors<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a class=\"external\" title=\"http:\/\/science.athabascau.ca\/staff-pages\/dietmark\" href=\"http:\/\/science.athabascau.ca\/staff-pages\/dietmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl<\/a> FCIC (Professor of Chemistry, <a class=\"external\" title=\"http:\/\/www.athabascau.ca\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athabascau.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">Athabasca University<\/a>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"elm-header\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"elm-main-content\" class=\"elm-content-container\">\n<div id=\"mt-toc-container\" class=\"bc-aside aside\">\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objective<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div id=\"skills\">\n<p>After completing this section, you should be able to give an example of a naturally occurring compound that contains at least one double bond.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3 class=\"boxtitle\">Key Term<\/h3>\n<p>Make certain that you can define, and use in context, the key term below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>olefin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"note\">\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<h3 class=\"boxtitle\">Study Notes<\/h3>\n<p>Alkenes are a class of <a title=\"Organic Chemistry\/Hydrocarbons\" href=\"https:\/\/chem.libretexts.org\/Core\/Organic_Chemistry\/Hydrocarbons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"internal noopener\">hydrocarbons <\/a>(i.e., containing only carbon and hydrogen). They are unsaturated compounds with at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond. The double bond makes Alkenes more reactive than alkanes. Olefin is another term used to describe alkenes.<\/p>\n<p>The graphic (structure 7-0) shows three alkenes. The more complex alkene is commonly known as 1-methene, but its full proper IUPAC name is 1-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-cyclohexene.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/chem.libretexts.org\/@api\/deki\/files\/85525\/7-0.png?origin=mt-web\" alt=\"three sample alkene structures\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"section_1\">\n<h3 class=\"editable\">Contributors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"external\" title=\"http:\/\/science.athabascau.ca\/staff-pages\/dietmark\" href=\"http:\/\/science.athabascau.ca\/staff-pages\/dietmark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">Dr. Dietmar Kennepohl<\/a> FCIC (Professor of Chemistry, <a class=\"external\" title=\"http:\/\/www.athabascau.ca\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.athabascau.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow noopener\">Athabasca University<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":44985,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-923","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":23,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44985"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2274,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/923\/revisions\/2274"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/23"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/923\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=923"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-mcc-organicchemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}