Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry - Cyclobutadiene

Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry

Cyclo butadiene (1,3-cyclo butadiene): An antiaromatic hydrocarbon of molecular formula C₄H₄, or a molecule containing this moiety.

Molecular Structure of 1,3-Cyclo butadiene


Kekule structure		Bond-line structure		Ball and spoke model		Space-filling model		Molecular model kit

Related terms: Aromatic, Huckel's rule, benzene, cyclopentadienyl cation, cyclopentadienyl anion, cyclooctatetraene, strain, ring strain, angle strain, diradical
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