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IUPAC name
cyclopropane-1,2,3-trione
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3D model (JSmol)
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CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
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C3O3 | |
Molar mass | 84.03 g/mol |
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deltic acid oxopropandial |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Cyclopropanetrione or trioxocyclopropane is a little-known oxide of carbon with formula C3O3. It consists of a ring of three carbon atoms each attached to an oxygen atom with a double bond. Alternately, it can be thought as a trimer of carbon monoxide. This compound is thermodynamically unstable[why?][how?] and has not been produced in bulk.[1] However, it has been detected using mass spectrometry.[2][3]
It is the neutral equivalent of the deltate anion C3O32−, known since 1975.[4] An equivalent hydrate hexahydroxycyclopropane or cyclopropane-1,1,2,2,3,3-hexol, (-C(OH)2-)3 also exists. This contains geminal hydroxy groups.[5]