1,3,5-Trioxanetrione

changed 441973663 1,3,5-trioxanetrione-2D.png File:Chemfm 1 3 5 trioxanetrione.svg 120px 1,3,5-Trioxanetrione 130242-72-7 correct CAS correct FDA EF73HE7RVR 14794697 changed chemspider 74799190 O=C1OC(=O)OC(=O)O1 1S/C3O6/c4-1-7-2(5)9-3(6)8-1 FFPDLONZSMFWAT-UHFFFAOYSA-N 3 6 The chemical compound 1,3,5-trioxanetrione, or 1,3,5-trioxacyclohexane-2,4,6-trione is an unstable oxide of carbon with formula C3O6. It can be considered a cyclic trimer of carbon dioxide (CO2) or as a triple ketone of 1,3,5-trioxane (1,3,5-trioxacyclohexane). Trioxanetrione has been synthesized but is exceedingly unstable, with a half-life of approximately 40 min at −40 °C.Rodig Michael J. Snow Arthur W. Scholl Paul Rea Simon Synthesis and Low Temperature Spectroscopic Observation of 1,3,5-Trioxane-2,4,6-Trione: The Cyclic Trimer of Carbon Dioxide The Journal of Organic Chemistry 12 June 2016 81 13 5354–5361 10.1021/acs.joc.6b00647 27183100 free It decomposes to give carbon dioxide. References Category:Carbonate esters Category:Carboxylic anhydrides Category:Oxocarbons Category:Trioxanes Category:Lactones Category:Trimers (chemistry)