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cyclobutanone
Sign in to saveCyclobutanone is an organic compound with molecular formula (CH2)3CO. It is a four-membered cyclic ketone (cycloalkanone). It is a colorless volatile liquid at room temperature. Since cyclopropanone is highly sensitive, cyclobutanone is the smallest easily handled cyclic ketone.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H6O
- Molecular weight
- 70.09 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- cyclobutanone
- SMILES
- C1CC(=O)C1
- InChIKey
- SHQSVMDWKBRBGB-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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- chemical formula
- C₄H₆O
- canonical SMILES
- C1CC(=O)C1
- melting point
- -51.0
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- Cyclobutanone
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Cyclobutanone is an organic compound with molecular formula (CH2)3CO. It is a four-membered cyclic ketone (cycloalkanone). It is a colorless volatile liquid at room temperature. Since cyclopropanone is highly sensitive, cyclobutanone is the smallest easily handled cyclic ketone.
==Preparation== thumb|left|upright=1.0|Kischner synthesized cyclobutanone from cyclobutanecarboxylic acid The Russian chemist Nikolai Kischner first prepared cyclobutanone in a low yield from cyclobutanecarboxylic acid. Kischner's process, involving several steps, is cumbersome and inefficient; more efficient, high-yielding syntheses have since been developed.
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