(organic chemistry) Any reaction that yields an olefin

plural of olefination

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of unsaturated open-chain hydrocarbons such as ethylene; an alkene with only one carbon-carbon double bond.

plural of olefin

Characteristic of, or containing olefins.

(chemistry) olefiant gas, or ethylene / (chemistry, by extension) any of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons of which ethylene is a type

plural of olefine

(organic chemistry) Modified by olefination

(organic chemistry) A class of organic reaction in which fragments of alkenes are redistributed