Oxirene
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| Oxirene | |
|---|---|
| File:Oxirene3D.png | |
| Oxirene | |
| Other names 1,2-epoxyethene , oxacyclopropene | |
| style="background: #F8EABA; text-align: center;" colspan="2" | Identifiers | |
| CAS number | 157-18-6 |
| PubChem | 160438 |
| SMILES | Script error: No such module "collapsible list". |
| style="background: #F8EABA; text-align: center;" colspan="2" | Properties | |
| Molecular formula | C2H2O |
| Molar mass | 42.04 g/mol |
| style="background: #F8EABA; text-align: center;" colspan="2" | Related compounds | |
| Related molecules with 3-membered rings | Ethylene oxide cyclopropane cyclopropene aziridine thiirane thiirene |
| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) | |
| Infobox references | |
Oxirene is a heterocyclic hypothesized chemical compound which contains an unsaturated three-membered ring containing two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. As the configuration is extremely strained, no consensus exists whether the structure constitutes a molecule or whether it is merely a transition state [1]. The substance is therefore mainly evaluated by molecular modeling techniques.
Experimental indications exist that oxirene (as intermediate or transition state) occurs in the Wolff rearrangement.
Reference
- ↑ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0166-1280(03)00198-2 RC Mawhinneya and JD Goddard "Assessment of density functional theory for the prediction of the nature of the oxirene stationary point"
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