polyene
Sign in to saveIn organic chemistry, polyenes are polyunsaturated organic compounds that contain multiple carbon–carbon double bonds (). Some sources consider dienes to be polyenes, whereas others require polyenes to contain three carbon–carbon double bonds (trienes) or more.
Research
163,570 papers- A polyene macrolide targeting phospholipids in the fungal cell membrane.Nature · 2025
- Polyene Macrolactams from Marine and Terrestrial Sources: Structure, Production Strategies, Biosynthesis and Bioactivities.Marine drugs · 2022
- Polyene macrolide antibiotic biosynthesis.Current medicinal chemistry · 2004
- Challenges in the Polyene- and Azole-Based Pharmacotherapy of Ocular Fungal Infections.Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics · 2019
- Cyanine polyene reactivity: scope and biomedical applications.Organic & biomolecular chemistry · 2015
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In organic chemistry, polyenes are polyunsaturated organic compounds that contain multiple carbon–carbon double bonds (). Some sources consider dienes to be polyenes, whereas others require polyenes to contain three carbon–carbon double bonds (trienes) or more.
Conjugated polyenes contain a conjugated system of alternating single and double carbon–carbon bonds, with characteristic optical properties.
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