Dicarbon Monoxide is a carbonyl carbene, which are building blocks in the synthesis of organic compounds.
IUPAC name:
Dicarbon Monoxide
Miscellaneous comments:
Spartan'02, Wavefunction, Inc., Irvine, CA
Miscellaneous comments:
Structure was calculated using an ab initio method (HF 3-21G*).
Layman's explanation:
Dicarbon monoxide is a carbonyl carbene (:C=C=O), a carbon with only two bonds and a pair of non-bonding electrons. These species are building blocks in the synthesis of organic compounds. When the divalent carbon is bonded to a metal, the carbene is more stable and plays an important role in organic synthesis.
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