The addition of a compound with a double bond having an allylic hydrogen (the '
ene') to a compound with a multiple bond (the '
enophile') with transfer of the allylic hydrogen and a concomitant reorganization of the bonding,
as illustrated below for propene (the '
ene') and ethene (the '
enophile'). The reverse is a '
retro-ene' reaction.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 1077
(Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 1112
