Dienes are hydrocarbons which contain two double bonds separated by a single bond. The simplest diene is 1,3-butadiene:
http://wiki.rozeta.com.pl/img/taw/butadien.png
Such configuration of bonds make them more reactive, and thanks to this effect diens are more reactive than other alkenes, but less that allenes.
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