cyclobutanetetrone
Sign in to saveCyclobutanetetrone, also called tetraoxocyclobutane, is an organic compound with formula C4O4 or (CO)4, the fourfold ketone of cyclobutane. It would be an oxide of carbon, indeed a tetramer of carbon monoxide.
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- chemical compound
- Mass
- 111.979658
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- chemical formula
- C₄O₄
- canonical SMILES
- C1(=C(C(=O)C1=O)[O])[O]
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- Cyclobutanetetrone
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Cyclobutanetetrone, also called tetraoxocyclobutane, is an organic compound with formula C4O4 or (CO)4, the fourfold ketone of cyclobutane. It would be an oxide of carbon, indeed a tetramer of carbon monoxide.
The compound seems to be thermodynamically unstable. , it had yet to be synthesized in significant amounts but may have transient existence as detected by mass spectrometry.
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