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cis-Cyclooctene
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<p><i>cis</i>-Cyclooctene is a <a href="/facts/Cycloalkene/uLQcHy3c">cycloalkene</a> with the formula (CH2)6(CH)2. It is a colorless liquid that is used industrially to produce a polymer. It is also a ligand in <a href="/facts/Organometallic_chemistry/bhqFz2P0">organometallic chemistry</a>. </p><p>Cyclooctene is the smallest cycloalkene that can be isolated as both the <a href="/facts/Cis%E2%80%93trans_isomerism/vqlchJly"><i>cis</i>- and <i>trans</i></a>-<a href="/facts/Isomer/PXlvDVdg">isomer</a>. <i>cis</i>-Cyclooctene is shaped like the 8-carbon equivalent chair conformation of cyclohexane. </p> <table><tbody><tr><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i>cis</i>-Cyclooctenein <i>chair</i> conformation</td><td>(<i>Rp</i>)-<a href="/facts/Trans-cyclooctene/GHACcG9t"><i>trans</i>-Cyclooctene</a>in <i>crown</i> conformation</td></tr></tbody></table>