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1,2-dioxetanedione
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The chemical compound 1,2-dioxetanedione, or 1,2-dioxacyclobutane-3,4-dione, often called peroxyacid ester, is an unstable oxide of carbon (an oxocarbon) with formula CO. It can be viewed as a double ketone of 1,2-dioxetane (1,2-dioxacyclobutane), or a cyclic dimer of carbon dioxide.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2O4
- Molecular weight
- 88.02 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- dioxetane-3,4-dione
- SMILES
- C1(=O)C(=O)OO1
- InChIKey
- WYNZXNXFHYJUTE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.4
- Polar surface area
- 52.6 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 4
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 87.979658
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- chemical formula
- C₂O₄
- canonical SMILES
- C1(=O)C(=O)OO1
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- 1,2-Dioxetanedione
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The chemical compound 1,2-dioxetanedione, or 1,2-dioxacyclobutane-3,4-dione, often called peroxyacid ester, is an unstable oxide of carbon (an oxocarbon) with formula CO. It can be viewed as a double ketone of 1,2-dioxetane (1,2-dioxacyclobutane), or a cyclic dimer of carbon dioxide.
In ordinary conditions, it quickly decomposes to carbon dioxide (CO) even at , but can be detected by mass spectrometry and other techniques.
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