Carbon tetroxide

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Structure of carbon tetroxide

Carbon tetroxide is a highly unstable oxide of carbon with formula CO4 and a twofold dioxirane. It was proposed as an intermediate in the O-atom exchange between carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) at high temperatures.[1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Yeung, L. Y.; Okumura, M.; Paci, J. T.; Schatz, G. C.; Zhang, J.; Minton, T. K. (2009). "Hyperthermal O-Atom Exchange Reaction O2 + CO2 through a CO4 Intermediate". Journal of the American Chemical Society 131 (39): 13940–13942. doi:10.1021/ja903944k.