https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.O04281
Acyclic and cyclic
hydrocarbons
having one or more carbon–carbon double bonds, apart from the formal ones in
aromatic
compounds. The class olefins subsumes
alkenes
and cycloalkenes and the corresponding polyenes.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. (Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)) on page 1353 [Terms] [Paper]