arsabenzene
Sign in to saveArsabenzene (IUPAC name: arsinine) is an organoarsenic heterocyclic compound with the chemical formula C5H5As. It belongs to a group of compounds called heteroarenes that have the general formula C5H5E (E= N, P, As, Sb, Bi).
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- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 139.960722
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- chemical formula
- C₅H₅As
- canonical SMILES
- C1=CC=[As]C=C1
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- Arsabenzene
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Arsabenzene (IUPAC name: arsinine) is an organoarsenic heterocyclic compound with the chemical formula C5H5As. It belongs to a group of compounds called heteroarenes that have the general formula C5H5E (E= N, P, As, Sb, Bi).
This air sensitive liquid has an onion odor, and it decomposes on heating. Arsabenzene is also an ambidentate ligand that prefers to coordinate using η1(As)- or η6(π)-routes.
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