Polyene
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This article is about the class of chemical compounds. For polyenes in antifungal therapy, see Polyene antimycotic.
Polyenes are poly-unsaturated organic compounds that contain one or more sequences of alternating double and single carbon-carbon bonds. These double carbon-carbon bonds interact in a process known as conjugation, which results in an overall lower energy state of the molecule. Many fatty acids are polyenes, and many dyes contain linear polyenes.
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