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Silene, or silalkenes, are unsaturated hydrosilicons, which means that they consist only of hydrogen and silicon atoms and all bond, with the exception of one double bond, are either single or double bonds. By definition cycles are excluded, so that the silenes comprise homologous series of inorganic compounds with the general formula SinH2n - 2k + 2, k  0, where k is defined as the number of double bonds. There are no commercial sources.
Each silicon atom has three or four bonds (either Si-H, Si-Si, or Si=Si), and each hydrogen atom is joined to a silicon atom (H-Si bonds). A series of linked silicon atoms is known as the silicon skeleton or silicon backbone. The number of silicon atoms is used to define the size of the silene (e.g. Si2-silene).
A silenyl group, is a functional group or side-chain with the general formula SinH2n - 2k + 1, k  0, where k is defined as the number of double bonds, for example an disilenyl or trisil-1-en-1-yl group.
The simplest silene is (the parent molecule) is disilene, Si2H4. There is no limit to the number of silicon atoms that can be linked together, the only limitation being that the molecule is acyclic, is, unsaturated, and is a hydrosilicon.
For bridged silenes, the Bredt's rule states that a double bond cannot be placed at the bridgehead of a bridged ring system, unless the rings are large enough (8 or more atoms). Aromatic compounds are often drawn as cyclic silenes, but their structure and properties are different and they are not considered to be silenes. Although silenes is mainly of theoretical interest, substituted silenes are well known class of organosilicon compounds.