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Alkenes have a planar structure and, as you will remember, the so called ‘double bond’ in fact consists of a sigma-bond (end-on overlap of sp2 hybrid atomic orbitals) and a pi-bond (sideways overlap of 2p atomic orbitals).
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Went, C. (1986). Electrophilic Addition Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes. In: Ionic Organic Mechanisms. Dimensions of Science. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-07964-3_9
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