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[–] [email protected] 107 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 117 points 3 weeks ago (12 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] 101 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was about to say, you got way too many things that absolutely will bond with that with no hesitation. Thats a very unstable molecule.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I would thing the plastic lining in that container would probably be high on the bonding list, but I haven’t taken a chemistry class in 24 years.

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