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applications
- agriculture
- chemical industry
- ethanol production
- In ethanol
- horticulture
- petrochemicals
- polyethylene synthesis
reactions
- addition of bromine
- organometallic compounds
- organosulfur compounds
- photosensitized reactions
- polymerization
- propane decomposition
- In propane
- reduction reactions
- synthesis from ethanol
structure and properties
- alkene properties
- double bonds
- hydrocarbons
- molecules with no central atom
- polymerization
- valence bond theory
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Ethylene. | Nov 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Ethylene in Plant Growth. | Sep 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: USDA Agricultural Marketing Service - Ethylene. | Aug 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CAMEO Chemicals - Ethylene. | Jun 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Environmental Protection Agency - Ethylene. | May 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing - Biological formation of ethylene. | Feb 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubChem - Ethylene. | Nov 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Maryland Extension - Ethylene and the Regulation of Fruit Ripening. | Aug 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Jersey Department of Health - Ethylene. | Jul 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Ethylene Role in Plant Growth, Development and Senescence: Interaction with Other Phytohormones. | Jun 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Ethylene. | Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 08, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Washington University in St. Louis - The International Plant Growth Substances Association - Ethylene. | Mar 27, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Ethylene. | Mar 27, 2018 | ||
| Added graphics showing the polymerization of ethylene to polyethylene, the oligomerization of ethylene to linear alpha-olefin, and the preparation of ethanol from ethylene. | Dec 02, 2011 | ||
| Article restructured and revised. | Jul 22, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Chemguide - Bonding in ethene. | Apr 10, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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