Carbon suboxide

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Carbon suboxide
Stick model of carbon suboxide
Spacefill model of carbon suboxide
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Propa-1,2-diene-1,3-dione
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
MeSH Carbon+suboxide
UNII
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  • InChI=1/C3O2/c4-2-1-3-5
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  • O=C=C=C=O
Properties
C3O2
Molar mass 68.031 g·mol−1
Appearance colorless gas
Odor strong, pungent odor
Density 3.0 kg/m3, gas[1]

1.114 g/cm3, liquid[2]

Melting point −111.3 °C (−168.3 °F; 161.8 K)
Boiling point 6.8 °C (44.2 °F; 279.9 K)
reacts
Solubility soluble in
1,4-dioxane, ether, xylene, CS2, tetrahydrofuran
1.4538 (6 °C)
0 D
Structure
rhombic
quasilinear (phase dependent)
Thermochemistry
66.99 J/mol K
276.1 J/mol K
Std enthalpy of
formation
(ΔfH⦵298)
 −93.6 kJ/mol
Related compounds
Related oxides
 carbon dioxide
carbon monoxide
dicarbon monoxide
Related compounds
carbon subnitride
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Carbon suboxide, or tricarbon dioxide, is an

polymerize
under certain conditions.

The substance was discovered in 1873 by Benjamin Brodie by subjecting carbon monoxide to an electric current. He claimed that the product was part of a series of "oxycarbons" with formulas Cx+1Ox, namely C2O, C3O2, C4O3, C5O4, …, and to have identified the last two;[3][4] however, only C3O2 is known. In 1891 Marcellin Berthelot observed that heating pure carbon monoxide at about 550 °C created small amounts of carbon dioxide but no trace of carbon, and assumed that a carbon-rich oxide was created instead, which he named "sub-oxide". He assumed it was the same product obtained by electric discharge and proposed the formula C2O.[5] Otto Diels later stated that the more organic names dicarbonylmethane and dioxallene were also correct.

It is commonly described as an oily liquid or gas at room temperature with an extremely noxious odor.[6]

Synthesis

It is synthesized by warming a dry mixture of phosphorus pentoxide (P4O10) and malonic acid or its esters.[7] Therefore, it can be also considered as the anhydride of malonic anhydride, i.e. the "second anhydride" of malonic acid.[8]

Several other ways for synthesis and reactions of carbon suboxide can be found in a review from 1930 by Reyerson.[6]

Polymerization

Carbon suboxide polymerizes spontaneously to a red, yellow, or black solid. The structure is postulated to be poly(α-pyronic), similar to the structure in

2-pyrone (α-pyrone).[9][10] The number of monomers in the polymers is variable (see Oxocarbon#Polymeric carbon oxides
). In 1969, it was hypothesized that the color of the Martian surface was caused by this compound; this was disproved by the Viking Mars probes (the red color is instead due to iron oxide).[11]

Uses

Carbon suboxide is used in the preparation of

malonates
; and as an auxiliary to improve the dye affinity of furs.

In chemical synthesis, carbon suboxide is a 1,3-dipole, reacting with alkenes to make 1,3‑cyclopentadiones. Because it is so unstable, it is a reagent of last resort.[12]

Biological role

Those are 6- or 8-ring macrocyclic polymers of carbon suboxide that were found in living organisms. They are acting as an endogenous digoxin-like Na+/K+-ATP-ase and Ca-dependent ATP-ase inhibitors, endogenous natriuretics, antioxidants and antihypertensives

Carbon suboxide, C3O2, can be produced in small amounts in any biochemical process that normally produces carbon monoxide, CO, for example, during heme oxidation by heme oxygenase-1. It can also be formed from malonic acid. It has been shown that carbon suboxide in an organism can quickly polymerize into macrocyclic polycarbon structures with the common formula (C3O2)n (mostly (C3O2)6 and (C3O2)8), and that those macrocyclic compounds are potent inhibitors of Na+/K+-ATP-ase and Ca-dependent ATP-ase, and have digoxin-like physiological properties and natriuretic and antihypertensive actions. Those macrocyclic carbon suboxide polymer compounds are thought to be endogenous digoxin-like regulators of Na+/K+-ATP-ases and Ca-dependent ATP-ases, and endogenous natriuretics and antihypertensives.[13][14][15] Other than that, some authors think also that those macrocyclic compounds of carbon suboxide can possibly diminish free radical formation and oxidative stress and play a role in endogenous anticancer protective mechanisms, for example in the retina.[16]

Structure and bonding

The structure of carbon suboxide has been the subject of experiments and computations since the 1970s. The central issue is the question of whether the molecule is linear or bent (i.e., whether ). Studies generally agree that the molecule is highly non-rigid, with a very shallow barrier to bending. According to one study, the molecular geometry is described by a double-well potential with a minimum at θC2 ~ 160°, an inversion barrier of 20 cm−1 (0.057 kcal/mol), and a total energy change of 80 cm−1 (0.23 kcal/mol) for 140° ≤ θC2 ≤ 180°.[17] The small energetic barrier to bending is around the same order of magnitude as the vibrational zero-point energy. Therefore, the molecule is best described as quasilinear. While infrared[18] and electron diffraction[19] studies have indicated that C3O2 has a bent structure in the gas phase, the compound was found to possess at least an average linear geometry in the solid phase by X-ray crystallography, although the large thermal ellipsoids of the oxygen atoms and C2 have been interpreted to be consistent with rapid bending (minimum θC2 ~ 170°), even in the solid state.[10]

A heterocumulene resonance form of carbon suboxide based on minimization of formal charges does not readily explain the molecule's non-rigidity and deviation from linearity. To account for the quasilinear structure of carbon suboxide, Frenking has proposed that carbon suboxide be regarded as a "coordination complex" of carbon(0) bearing two carbonyl ligands and two lone pairs: .[20] However, the contribution of dative bonding in C3O2 and similar species has been criticized as chemically unreasonable by others.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Carbon Suboxide". WebElements Periodic Table. Retrieved 19 Feb 2019.
  2. ISBN 9780849304637
    .
  3. JSTOR 113037
    . When pure and dry carbonic oxide [=carbon monoxide] is circulated through the induction-tube, and there submitted to the action of electricity, a decomposition of the gas occurs [...] Carbonic acid [=carbon dioxide] is formed, and simultaneously with its formation a solid deposit may be observed in the induction-tube. This deposit appears as a transparent film of a red-brown color, lining the walls of the tube. It is perfectly soluble in water, which is strongly colored by it. The solution has an intensely acid reaction. The solid deposit, in the dry condition before it has been in contact with the water, is an oxide of carbon.
  4. doi:10.1002/jlac.18731690119
    .
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    from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 21 Feb 2007.
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    doi:10.1021/cr60028a002
    .
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    doi:10.1002/1521-3749(200101)627:1<73::AID-ZAAC73>3.0.CO;2-A
    .
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  12. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rc015
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    .
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