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cumulenes definition

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Hydrocarbons (and by extension, derivatives formed by substitution) having three or more cumulative double bonds. E.g. R2C=C=C=CR2. (Cumulative double bonds are those present in a chain in which at least three contiguous atoms are joined by double bonds.) NOC Rule A-21.1, footnote. See also allenes, heterocumulenes.

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