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The image should have a dot in the middle. At the moment it looks like ethene, not allene. 195.50.199.82 (talk) 20:35, 5 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

Now the image appears to be bent? The article states a bond angle of 180 degrees, so this should be fixed... --Pyrochem (talk) 23:56, 14 November 2011 (UTC)Reply

Allenic chain family

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I find mention of an "allenic chain family HC_(2n)N"[1] in reference to the detection of interstellar molecules. That doesn't seem to fit the definition in this article, so I'm wondering how they are related. Any ideas? Thank you.—RJH (talk) 19:09, 22 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Doesn't seem to make sense. Without the HC2nN bit, I would have thought they meant cumulenes.
Ben (talk) 19:26, 22 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
My guess is that RJH is referring to cyano-acetylenes - N≡C-(C≡C)n-H. User:Stone's the one for this question.--Smokefoot (talk) 23:33, 22 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
Seems it's the cyanoethynylmethylene radical.
Ben (talk) 00:04, 23 September 2008 (UTC)Reply

Symmetry

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The image displaying the C2 axis needs to display the second C2 axis? 111.69.253.197 (talk) 06:07, 22 October 2010 (UTC)JoshReply

The second axis is perpendicular to the screen and would therefore appear only as a point. -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:37, 22 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

That's right, but there are actually 3 C2 axes in total. It's correct that one of them goes into the page. Of the remaining two however, only one is shown. The other is similar in that it is another 'propeller' axis. In the image it should appear in the plane of the screen, at 90 degrees to the propeller axis already shown. If the molecule had only two axes, it would not belong to the D2d point group! 111.69.244.197 (talk) 23:18, 28 October 2010 (UTC)JoshReply

Yes, there is one at 90 degrees to what we have now. I'll fix the image... unless someone beats me to it first. --Rifleman 82 (talk) 04:22, 29 October 2010 (UTC)Reply

I have produced the image we need but am unable to upload I haven't made enough edits on wikipedia (10 necessary) - if someone can, let me know your email address, and I can pass on the picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.80.123.40 (talk) 01:49, 30 May 2012 (UTC)Reply

Pentadiene

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Chemical and spectral properties

I believe that the two double bonds in 1,4-pentadiene are conjugated, not isolated. Simon de Danser (talk) 07:01, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

That is not correct. In 1,4-pentadiene, the alkenes are C1–C2 and C4–C5 (CH2=CH–CH2–CH=CH2). That central CH2 (carbon #2) prevents the two alkenes from being conjugated with each other. DMacks (talk) 09:18, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Thanks, my mistake. I mixed up with cyclopenta-1,4-diene.

Simon de Danser (talk) 13:35, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Perhaps the article should state that the C=C's in allenes are not conjugated.--Smokefoot (talk) 14:46, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Agreed. DMacks (talk) 21:14, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
This is surely what this sentence meant, and I agree it was poorly written. How about "The two alkene units are not conjugated to each other because the pi bonds are not in the same plane."? That last detail is a key aspect of the Geometry article-section. DMacks (talk) 03:10, 27 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Bent arrows in allenes chirality

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According to Cahn-Ingold-Prtelog rules, bent arrows should be placed between Cl and OH substituents. The directions are correct. 2A01:1DC:1:2:0:0:2:DACA (talk) 13:15, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

An arrow from a 'back' atom to a 'front' atom is not relevant to R/S of allenes. Instead, "it is immaterial from which end it is viewed; the nearer pair of ligands receives the first two positions in the order of preference" (IUPAC, quoted in Axial chirality) so all that matters is going from the front to the back. DMacks (talk) 17:19, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply