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The simplest compound containing a carbon–carbon double bond is ethylene. Such compounds are called alkenes. In ethylene, a sigma bond between two carbon atoms is formed by using one sp2-orbital from each atom. Besides this sigma bond, one unhybridized p-orbital on each carbon atom overlaps each other sideways producing a new type of bond called π-bond, and the electrons involved in the formation of π-bond are called π-electrons.
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Ahluwalia, V.K. (2022). Stereochemistry of Organic Alicyclic Compounds Containing Carbon–Carbon Double Bonds (Alkenes and Cycloalkenes). In: Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84961-0_3
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