Question

Which of the following compounds would be named with a name that ends in -ene?

CH3-Ctriple bondC-CH2-CH2-CH3
CH3-CH2-CH2-CH3
CHtriple bondC-CH2-CH2-CH3
CH3-CH2-CH2-CHdouble bondCH2

Answer 1

Organic molecules that have carbon-carbon double bonds are given the suffix \(\sf -ene\), like eth\(\sf ene\), the simplest alkene.