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Also known as hydroxyacetylene, ethynyl alcohol

Ethynol (or hydroxyacetylene, ethynyl alcohol) is an alkyne–alcohol (ynol) with the formula C2H2O. It is the much-less-stable tautomer of ethenone.

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42.04
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chemical formula
C₂H₂O
canonical SMILES
C#CO
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Ethynol
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Ethynol (or hydroxyacetylene, ethynyl alcohol) is an alkyne–alcohol (ynol) with the formula C2H2O. It is the much-less-stable tautomer of ethenone.

At low temperature in a solid argon matrix it is possible to tautomerise ethenone to form ethynol.

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