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oxetene
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Oxetene is an unsaturated heterocycle. The compound is unstable and has been synthesized. Compared to oxetane, the saturated compound, oxetene is destabilized because the double bond increases the ring strain. Synthesis of some substituted derivatives has been reported.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H4O
- Molecular weight
- 56.06 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2H-oxete
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 56.026215
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- chemical formula
- C₃H₄O
- canonical SMILES
- C1C=CO1
- Commons category
- Oxetene
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Oxetene is an unsaturated heterocycle. The compound is unstable and has been synthesized. Compared to oxetane, the saturated compound, oxetene is destabilized because the double bond increases the ring strain. Synthesis of some substituted derivatives has been reported.
Oxetene is less studied than oxetane, a related compound that is the base of a number of organic molecules.