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cyclopropane
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Cyclopropane is the cycloalkane with the molecular formula (CH2)3, consisting of three methylene groups (CH2) linked to each other to form a triangular ring. The small size of the ring creates substantial ring strain in the structure. Cyclopropane itself is mainly of theoretical interest, but many cyclopropane derivatives are of commercial or biological significance.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C3H6
- Molecular weight
- 42.08 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- cyclopropane
- SMILES
- C1CC1
- InChIKey
- LVZWSLJZHVFIQJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.6
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
19,772 papers- Biosynthesis of cyclopropane in natural products.Natural product reports · 2022
- [Cyclopropane].Anasthesiologie, Intensivmedizin, Notfallmedizin, Schmerztherapie : AINS · 1995
- [Construction of All-cis-substituted Cyclopropane and Total Synthesis of Avenaol].Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan · 2019
- Cyclopropane Fatty Acids Are Important for Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence.Infection and immunity · 2022
- Cyclopropane.The Medical journal of Australia · 1948
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 42.047
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- canonical SMILES
- C1CC1
- chemical formula
- C₃H₆
- Commons category
- Cyclopropane
- melting point
- -127.4
- boiling point
- -32.81
- electric dipole moment
- 0
- ionization energy
- 9.86
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Anaesthesia
- Pharmacology
- Structure and bonding
- Synthesis
- Reactions
- Safety
- See also
- References
- External links
Cyclopropane is the cycloalkane with the molecular formula (CH2)3, consisting of three methylene groups (CH2) linked to each other to form a triangular ring. The small size of the ring creates substantial ring strain in the structure. Cyclopropane itself is mainly of theoretical interest, but many cyclopropane derivatives are of commercial or biological significance.
Cyclopropane was used as a clinical inhalational anesthetic from the 1930s through the 1980s. The substance's high flammability poses a risk of fire and explosions in operating rooms due to its tendency to accumulate in confined spaces, as its density is higher than that of air.