(thing) by The Alchemist Wed Aug 02 2000 at 20:37:18
C4H4.

As the name suggests, this is a tetrahedral hydrocarbon with a very stable structure. It doesn't really have a lot of uses, although it is rougly the shape of a H9O4+ (oxonium?) ion. Forms very nice host-guest complexes with macrocyclic hosts.

I like it!

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