selenophene
Sign in to saveSelenophene is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is an unsaturated compound containing a five-member ring with four carbon atoms and one selenium atom. It is a selenium analog of furan and thiophene . A colorless liquid, it is one of the more common selenium heterocycles.
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- Subclass of
- heterocyclic compound
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 131.948
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- chemical formula
- C₄H₄Se
- canonical SMILES
- C1=C[Se]C=C1
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Selenophene is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is an unsaturated compound containing a five-member ring with four carbon atoms and one selenium atom. It is a selenium analog of furan and thiophene . A colorless liquid, it is one of the more common selenium heterocycles.
==Nomenclature== Atoms in selenophene are numbered sequentially around the ring, starting with the selenium atom as number 1 following normal systematic nomenclature rules. Oxidized forms include selenophene 1,1-dioxide. Related ring structures include those with only one double bond (2-selenolene and 3-selenolene) and the fully saturated structure selenolane.
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