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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.

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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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