Cyclobutanetetrone
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| IUPAC name
Cyclobutane-1,2,3,4-tetraone[citation needed]
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| Other names
Tetraoxocyclobutane
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3617-57-0  |
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| ChemSpider | 24735246  |
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| C4O4 | |
| Molar mass | 112.04 g·mol−1 |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Cyclobutanetetrone, also called tetraoxocyclobutane, is an organic compound[1] with formula C4O4 or (-(C=O)-)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.[2] As of 2000, it had yet to be synthesized in significant amounts[3][4] but may have transient existence as detected by mass spectrometry.[5]
Related compounds
Cyclobutanetetrone can be viewed as the neutral counterpart of the squarate anion C4O42−, which is stable and has been known at least since 1959.[6]
The compound octahydroxycyclobutane or cyclobutane-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-octaol (-C(OH)2-)4 may be referred to in the literature as "hydrated tetraoxocyclobutane".[7]
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