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Silenes
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Inorganic_chemistry/ErD6ypnb">inorganic chemistry</a>, silenes, or disilalkenes, are <a href="/facts/Silicon/cgWx0hdr">silicon</a> compounds that contain Si=Si <a href="/facts/Double_bond/qDemMn0c">double bonds</a>, where the oxidation state of Si is +2. The <a href="/facts/Parent_structure/32I6krIn">parent molecule</a> is <a href="/facts/Disilene/yknxER4V">disilene</a>, Si2H4. </p>