Hydrocarbons {alkene}| {olefin} can have at least one double bond. Small alkenes have two carbons {ethylene} {ethene} or three carbons {propylene} {propene}. Alkenes are colorless, odorless, reactive, not polar, not acidic, not basic, and oxidizable or reducible. Alkenes with two to four carbons are gases. Alkenes with more than four carbons are liquids.
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