School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, P. R. China
Abstract:
Through three stories about carbon-carbon double bonds, the series of dialogues between the protagonist Xiaoxi and her family members discuss the three structures and real life applications of alkenes containing the planar carbon-carbon double bond, namely the most basic ethene as a plant hormone, the health effect of cis or trans-unsaturated fatty acids, and the light sensing via the fast conversion of 11-cis-retinal cis-trans in rhodopsin.
