Alkyne

Description

A compound in the homologous series of aliphatic hydrocarbons that have only one triple bond between two carbon atoms. The basic formula for the group is (CnH2n-2). Examples are acetylene (or ethyne) and crotonylene (or butyne).

Resources and Citations

• Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998