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Carbon tetroxide

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Carbon tetroxide
Names
IUPAC name
C2v isomer:
  • 1,2,3-Trioxetan-4-one
  • Oxygen carbonate
  • Monooxygen carbonate

D2d isomer:

  • Carbon diperoxide
Other names
C2v isomer:
  • 4-Trioxetanone
  • Trioxetan-4-one

D2d isomer:

  • 1,2,4,5-Tetraoxaspiro[2.2]pentane
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
  • InChI=1S/CO4/c2-1-3-5-4-1
    Key: ITOJEBDYSWRTML-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • O=C1OOO1
Properties
CO4
Molar mass 76.007 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Carbon tetroxide or Oxygen carbonate (in its C2v isomer) is a highly unstable oxide of carbon with formula CO
4
. It was proposed as an intermediate in the O-atom exchange between carbon dioxide (CO
2
) and oxygen (O
2
) at high temperatures.[1] The C2v isomer, which is 138 kJ mol−1 more stable than the D2d isomer, was first detected in electron-irradiated ices of carbon dioxide via infrared spectroscopy.[2]

The D2d isomer of carbon tetroxide

The isovalent carbon tetrasulfide CS4 is also known from inert gas matrix. It has D2d symmetry with the same atomic arrangement as CO4 (D2d).[3]

References

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  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" (PDF). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (39): 13940–13942. doi:10.1021/ja903944k. PMID 19743846.
  2. ^ Jamiesona, Corey S.; Mebelb, Alexander M.; Kaiser, Ralf I. (2007). "Novel Detection of the C2v isomer of carbon tetraoxide (CO4". Chemical Physics Letters. 440 (1–3): 105–109. Bibcode:2007CPL...440..105J. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2007.04.043.
  3. ^ Maity, Surajit; Kim, Y.S.; Kaiser, Ralf I.; Lin, Hong Mao; Sun, Bian Jian; Chang, A.H.H. (July 2013). "On the detection of higher order carbon sulfides (CSx; x=4–6) in low temperature carbon disulfide ices". Chemical Physics Letters. 577: 42–47. Bibcode:2013CPL...577...42M. doi:10.1016/j.cplett.2013.05.039.