Carbon tetroxide
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Carbon tetroxide is a highly unstable oxide of carbon
with formula . It was proposed as an intermediate in the O-atom exchange between carbon dioxide
and oxygen
at high temperatures.
Oxocarbon
An oxocarbon or oxide of carbon is an inorganic compound consisting only of carbon and oxygen.The simplest and most common oxocarbons are carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide...
with formula . It was proposed as an intermediate in the O-atom exchange between carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalently bonded to a single carbon atom...
and oxygen
Oxygen
Oxygen is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. Its name derives from the Greek roots ὀξύς and -γενής , because at the time of naming, it was mistakenly thought that all acids required oxygen in their composition...
at high temperatures.