(organic chemistry) A state in which the atomic bonds of an organic compound's chain or ring are not completely satisfied (that is, not saturated); usually applies to carbon, but can include other ring or chain atoms; unsaturation usually results in a double bond (as for olefins) or a triple bond (as for the acetylenes).
unsaturation
| Sci-Tech Dictionary: unsaturation |
(¦ən′sach·ə′rā·shən)
| 5min Related Video: unsaturation |
Learn More
 | unsaturation |
| acid heat test (analytical chemistry) |
| alpha olefin (organic chemistry) |
 | What are the unsaturated hydrocarbons? Read answer... |
| Are alkanes unsaturated? Read answer... |
| What is an unsaturated lipid? Read answer... |
Help us answer these
 | What is meant by unsaturated? |
| What does unsaturated fat do? |
| What are unsaturated fats? |
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
 |
 | Sci-Tech Dictionary. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms. Copyright © 2003, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1978, 1976, 1974 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Read more |
Related answers
- What is an unsaturated alcohol?
- What is the definition of unsaturated?
- What is the meaning of unsaturated?
- What is an unsaturated hydrocarbon?
ADVERTISEMENT
Answer these
- What is unsaturation?
- What is unsatured?
- Is lecithin unsaturated?
- What are unsaturated lipids?
- What is a unsaturated soultion?
Mentioned in
- unsaturation
- acid heat test (analytical chemistry)
- alpha olefin (organic chemistry)
- bromine number (analytical chemistry)
- bromine value (chemical engineering)
- iodine number
- nonone
- unsaturated
- valylene
- alkenones (geology)
- fatty acid
- cyanosis
- Ergosterol (biochemistry and molecular biology)
- -ine
