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Drink it, I dare ya (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 days ago (6 children)

I know it's a meme but it's pretty good.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 5 days ago (4 children)

is that even stable? been too long since organic chemistry class

[–] [email protected] 114 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Dicarbon monoxide. Wikipedia is shockingly poor in information about it, but "stable" is certainly not the first word I'd use to describe it.

[–] [email protected] 99 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

From the third sentence in the wiki page:

It is, however, so extremely reactive that it is not encountered in everyday life.

So yeah, not at all stable.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Alternatively for a full octet on every atom, oxiryne, which does not exist and does not have a wiki page. It's basically acetylene with its arms chopped off and the stumps dislocated, bent back, and stapled together with an oxygen atom.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago

When the Wikipedia page is that sparse, it's safe to assume it's probably too reactive to be of much use.