Oxetene

Oxetene

Names
IUPAC name 2H-Oxete
Identifiers
CAS Number	287-25-2 N
3D model (Jmol)	Interactive image
Beilstein Reference	4652799
ChEBI	CHEBI:51195 Y
ChemSpider	10143952 Y
PubChem	11970569
InChI InChI=1S/C3H4O/c1-2-4-3-1/h1-2H,3H2 Y Key: CRYATLIDHPPXDV-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
SMILES O1\C=C/C1
Properties
Chemical formula	C3H4O
Molar mass	56.06326
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Oxetene is an unsaturated heterocycle. The compound is unstable and has been synthesized.^[1] Compared to oxetane, the saturated compound, oxetene is destabilized because the double bond increases the ring strain. Synthesis of some substituted derivatives has been reported.^[2][3]

References

1. ↑ Friedrich, Louis; Lam, Yuk-Sun (1981). "Syntheses and reactions of 3-phenyloxete and the parent unsubstituted oxete". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 46 (2): 306–311. doi:10.1021/jo00315a016. 
2. ↑ Longchar, M.; Bora, U.; Boruah, R. C.; Sandhu, J. S. (2002). "A Convenient Synthesis of Oxetene Via [2+2]Cycloaddition Reaction Under Microwave Irradiation". Synthetic Communications. 32 (23): 3611. doi:10.1081/SCC-120014973. 
3. ↑ Martino, Philip C.; Shevlin, Philip B. (1980). "Oxetene: Synthesis and energetics of electrocyclic ring opening". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 102 (16): 5429. doi:10.1021/ja00536a069.