In 1901, Niljubo identified the active component of gas, which was ethylene gas, but this was not known until 1934, when Johnny determined that plants could synthesize this gas, also in 1935, Crocker suggested that this gas can be used for the hormonal response to fruit ripening and aging of vegetative tissue
In 1795, Ethylene gas was called olefin gas. The first synthesis of ethylene gas compounds (dichlor and ethane) was performed in 1795 by a Dutch chemist. In the middle of the 19th century, because C2H4 had a lower hydrogen than C2H5 ethyl, suffixes (ene) of Greek origin were added to the end of ethyl, and after that olefin gas is called ethylene gas.
Until 1852, the word ethylene was used in scientific literatures. In 1866, the German chemist Hoffmann built his hydrocarbon naming system on alkanes. In this system, any hydrocarbon that has two hydrogens less than the corresponding alkane is called a CnH2n alkene, and if it has four hydrogens less than the corresponding alkane, it is called a CnHn alkene.
According to this naming, ethylene was renamed to ethene. The International Society of Chemists introduced the name IUPAC in 1892, and since then, the name has been used in scientific texts and textbooks.
The hormonal effects of ethylene on the general growth of plants were first observed in 1864, when gas leakage in street lighting systems led to stunted growth and deformation in nearby plants. In 1901, Niljubo identified the active component of gas, which was ethylene gas, but this was not known until 1934, when Johnny determined that plants could synthesize this gas, also in 1935, Crocker suggested that this gas can be used for the hormonal response to Fruit ripening and aging of vegetative tissue.