Hexaoxotricyclobutabenzene is an organic compound with formula C12O6. It can be viewed as the sixfold ketone of tricyclobutabenzene.

It is an oxide of carbon, detected by 13C NMR in 2006.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Hamura, T.; Ibusuki, Y.; Uekusa, H.; Matsumoto, T.; Siegel, J. S.; Baldridge, K. K.; Suzuki, K. (2006). "Dodecamethoxy- and Hexaoxotricyclobutabenzene: Synthesis and Characterization". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 128 (31): 10032–10033. doi:10.1021/ja064063e. PMID 16881630.
  2. ^ Butenschön, H. (2007). "A new oxocarbon C12O6 via highly strained benzyne intermediates". Angewandte Chemie. 46 (22): 4012–4014. doi:10.1002/anie.200700926. PMID 17508349.