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What is a double bond?

What is a double bond? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) A covalent bond in which two electron pairs (instead of the usual one) are shared between two atoms; most common between carbon atoms and carbon, oxygen or nitrogen atoms, but several other forms are known.
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Addition reactions of electrophilic reagents to the alkene double bond are the most typical.
One highly characteristic reaction of aldehydes and ketones is nucleophilic addition to the carbon-oxygen double bond.
Since there are two atoms bound to the sulfur atom, there must be one double bond.
A double bond happens when two electrons are shared or exchanged in a bond.
On the other hand, in polar conjugated systems such as protonated Schiff bases the funnel shows a structure with just one twisted double bond.
The difference between the two structures is the location of the double bond relative to the single bond.

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