Hexaoxotricyclobutabenzene

Hexaoxotricyclobutabenzene
Identifiers
CAS number 144191-88-8 Y
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Properties
Molecular formula C12O6
Molar mass 240.12 g mol−1
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Hexaoxotricyclobutabenzene is an organic compound with formula C12O6. It can be viewed as the sixfold ketone of tricyclobutabenzene. It is one of the novel oxides of carbon, detected by 13C NMR by T. Hamura and others in 2006.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ T. Hamura, Y. Ibusuki, H. Uekusa, T. Matsumoto, J. S. Siegel, K. K. Baldridge, K. Suzuki (2006). "Dodecamethoxy- and Hexaoxotricyclobutabenzene: Synthesis and Characterization". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 128 (31): 10032–10033. doi:10.1021/ja064063e. PMID 16881630. 
  2. ^ Holger Butenschön (2007). "A new oxocarbon C12O6 via highly strained benzyne intermediates.". Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46 (22): 4012–4014. doi:10.1002/anie.200700926. PMID 17508349.