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Draw and name the simplest hydrocarbon that could form cis/trans stereoisomers.

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CIS-TRANS isomerism is characteristic of alkenes, alkadienes and
cycloalkanes. The simplest hydrocarbon, that is, a hydrocarbon with a
minimum number of carbon atoms, is butene-2 (belongs to the class of
alkenes). Isomers:

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CIS-TRANS isomerism is characteristic of alkenes, alkadienes and
cycloalkanes. The simplest hydrocarbon, that is, a hydrocarbon with a
minimum number of carbon atoms, is butene-2 (belongs to the class of
alkenes). Isomers:

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