Ethylene dione
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Not to be confused with Ethylene oxide.
Ethylene dione or ethylenedione, also called dicarbon dioxide, Carbon peroxide, ethenedione, or ethene-1,2-dione, is a chemical compound with the formula C2O2 or O=C=C=O. It is an oxide of carbon (an oxocarbon), and can be described as the carbon-carbon covalent dimer of carbon monoxide.[1] It can also be thought of as the dehydrated form of glyoxylic acid (H(C=O)COOH), or a ketone of ethenone H2C=C=O.
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Ethene-1,2-dione | |
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Ethenedione | |
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C2O2 | |
Molar mass | 56.020 g·mol−1 |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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