Talk:Butene

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I am curious whether the following isomers could be added for butene. We are forgetting to break the double bond, this would therefore include methylcyclopropane and cyclobutane. the initial page did mention these two molecules but neglected to leave the ene ending out of the molecule naming, therefore creating a discrepency in the amount of hydrogen atoms. Methylcyclopropane and cyclobutane both consist of 4-carbons and 8-hydrogens, thus they are isomers of butene.

--216.187.106.142 02:22, 15 June 2007 (UTC)Jason Paolasini--216.187.106.142 02:22, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

In addition to the four isomers of butylene covered in this article, the following "similar" compounds were mentioned as not being covered by this article:

• cyclobutane - C4H8 - an alkane
• methylcyclopropane - C4H8 - an alkane
• cyclobutene - C4H6 - an alkene
• methylcyclobutene - C4H6 - an alkene

Actually there are 2 types: 1-methylcyclobutene and 3-methylcyclobutene

H Padleckas 04:07, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I am wondering whether it would be a good idea to rename this page butene as this is the term mainly used in the text (and on this page as well) and butylene is a term that is falling out of use. Also it would be line with the articles on "pentene" and "propene".--AssegaiAli (talk) 21:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

No response so I have gone ahead and renamed the page.--AssegaiAli (talk) 22:50, 18 February 2008 (UTC)