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ethynol
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Ethynol (or hydroxyacetylene, ethynyl alcohol) is an alkyne–alcohol (ynol) with the formula C2H2O. It is the much-less-stable tautomer of ethenone.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C2H2O
- Molecular weight
- 42.04 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- ethynol
- SMILES
- C#CO
- InChIKey
- QFXZANXYUCUTQH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.4
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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- chemical formula
- C₂H₂O
- canonical SMILES
- C#CO
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- Ethynol
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Ethynol (or hydroxyacetylene, ethynyl alcohol) is an alkyne–alcohol (ynol) with the formula C2H2O. It is the much-less-stable tautomer of ethenone.
At low temperature in a solid argon matrix it is possible to tautomerise ethenone to form ethynol.
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