Trioxidane

July 15th, 2008 by

Trioxidane, hydrogen trioxide or dihydrogen trioxide (H2O3 or HOOOH) is an unstable molecule, a type of hydrogen polyoxide, which in water undergoes a retro- 2+2+2 decomposition to form two water molecules and singlet oxygen. The reverse reaction typically does not occur due to the scarcity of singlet oxygen and the difficulty of assembling three molecules [...]

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