calmchessplayer: graphene is a synthetically produced compound does the "ene" suffix denote a orgranic carbon based compound? 10:01 pm Report Delete

calmchessplayer: what does ene in graphene denote?

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calmchessplayer:  graphene is a  synthetically produced compound  does the "ene" suffix denote a orgranic carbon based compound? 10:01 pm Report  Delete

calmchessplayer:  what does ene in graphene denote?

anonymous · Answer

This is an interesting question. Graphene and fullerenes are sheet-like and tube or ball-like structures of carbon atoms. They have the suffix -ene because each carbon atom is bound to three others rather than the maximum 4. This means that there must be a double bond associated with each carbon and so the same suffix is used as in ethene - each carbon is bonded to three other atoms in ethene too. Look up graphene and fullerenes - they are really cool!

anonymous · Answer

ene simply means double bond and it shows that carbon molecule are attached to each other by double bond and one more info. that graphene i the thinnest layer of graphite which is seperately known a graphene