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Alkenes are unsaturated compounds with carbon-carbon double bond. Double bonds can be considered to be electron clouds around the carbon atoms and are electron rich and hence they undergo electrophilic addition.

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the C=C bond has a high electron density

to which electron seeking species are attracted

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due to strong attraction of pi bond electrons by sp carbon

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The alkene

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